Brown's and Clayton's Divisions – GHM 060-100B – Fulton Co., GA
Posted by: Lat34North
N 33° 45.335 W 084° 21.560
16S E 744589 N 3738189
Brown's and Clayton's Divisions State Historical Marker located at Edgewood Ave. and Delta Place in Atlanta, Ga. (Inman Park).
Waymark Code: WM2K18
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2007
Views: 25
BROWN'S & CLAYTON'S DIVS
July 22, 1864: 3:30 P.M. Gen. Hood [Confed.] launched an attack from the east line of the city fortifications, on the 15th A.C. astride the Ga. R.R. (at DeGress Ave.) -- a mass assault by two divs. of Cheatham's A.C.: Brown's & Clayton's. Brown's brigades were: Manigault's, Sharp's, Coltart's & Benton's; Clayton's brigades were: Stovall's, Baker's, Gibson's & Holtzclaw's.
The impact of these eight small brigades dislodged four Federal brigades from their intrenched line at and each side of the R.R. -- where the spear-head of the attack was aimed. This, the critical molment of the battle is pictured in the Cyclorama at Grant Park.
GHM 060-100B - Georgia Historical Commission - 1956