33d New Jersey State Flag
State Historical Marker
Located at 1911 Walthall Drive, Atlanta
(Text)
33D N.J. STATE FLAG
July 20, 1864. To this high
ground, 500 yds. in front of Geary's div. (20th A.C.) [Union]
on Collier Rd., the 33d N.J. regt., Jones' brigade, was sent
to establish & support a battery position.
The regiment had scarcely
reached this hill when, in a surprise attack, it was assailed
by Scott's brigade (Loring's div.) [Confederate] moving toward
the main line of the 20th corps.
The 33d N.J., despite its
endeavors to hold the hill, was driven back to the road -- its
State flag (a blue banner) being seized by John Abernathy of
the 27th Alabama regiment. Scott's assault began the critical
struggle that centered at Collier's Mill.
060-58 GEORGIA
HISTORICAL COMMISSION 195?
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