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
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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.