Fort Walker - Atlanta GA
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Don.Morfe
N 33° 43.835 W 084° 22.129
16S E 743781 N 3735393
Southeastern salient of Atlanta’s inner line of (CS) fortifications erected during the Summer & Fall of 1863. The line consisted of a cordon of redoubts on hills connected by rifle pits encircling the city.
Waymark Code: WM18PRD
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2023
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Southeastern salient of Atlanta’s inner line of (CS) fortifications erected during the Summer & Fall of 1863. The line consisted of a cordon of redoubts on hills connected by rifle pits encircling the city, aggregating some 10.5 miles of earthworks designed & supervised by Col. L.P. Grant, pioneer citizen, construction engineer & railroad builder of Atlanta.
After 93 years, it is one of a few remnants of a line that withstood the quartering steel & climbing fire of Federal armies forty two days – evacuated only when the remaining R.R. was cut. The fort was named for Maj. General W.H.T. Walker, killed in the Battle of Atlanta.
Erected 1956 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 060-108.)
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1956
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Georgia Historical Commission
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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