- Bate's Battle Line State Historical
Marker
- Located on Memorial Dr. at Wilkinson Dr. in Atlanta
(Text)
- BATE'S BATTLE LINE
July 22, 1864. Gen. Bate's div., Hardee's
A.C. [CSA] was deployed on the rt. of Walker's div. when they
advanced N. from Terry's Mill pond. Being on the extreme rt.
of the corps, Bate's troops moved up the east side of Sugar Cr.,
valley and swung westward to face Rice's 16th A.C. brigade [USA]
posted on the hill (Murphy High School) and northward along the
old Clay Rd. (Clay St.).
This attack failed to dislodge Rice's brigade.
Bate's command consisted of three brigades -- composed of Georgia,
Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky troops -- the 5 regiments of
the latter being the celebrated "Orphan Brigade" [CSA]
commanded by Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis.
- 044-47 GEORGIA HISTORIC
MARKER 1985
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© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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