Battle of Ezra Church-Gen. S. D. Lee's Corps GHM 060-148, Fulton Co.
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Battle of Ezra Church-Gen. S. D. Lee's Corps GHM 060-148 Martin Luther King Drive at Helena Street, Atlanta
Waymark Code: WM2D2D
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/14/2007
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Battle of Ezra Church-Gen. S. D. Lee's Corps

July 26, 1864. Brown's and Clayton's div., Lee's
Corp (Confederate) led off the attack on the 15th Corp.
(Federal)posted some 400 yards North of this road.
Brown's brigades: Johnson's, Sharp's & Brantly's
were deployed W. of the cemetery Gate House - Manigualt's
in reserve. Clayton's brigades: Gibson's, Holtzsclaw's and Baker's
were posted E. of the Gate House (along West View Drive)
Brown's troops marched across the road and astride the present
Anderson Ave., pressed up to the Federal lines beyond the R.R. cut
Clayton's brigades struck the salient at Laurel and Archer.
These attacks failed to dislodge the 15th corp.

Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: 060-148

Date: 1958

Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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