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Battlefield Landmark Historical Marker
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- Battlefield Landmark State Historical
Marker
- Located on west side of U.S.
41 between Robert E Lee Parkway and Dixon Rd.
(Text)
BATTLEFIELD LANDMARK
One of few natural landmarks of
the battle fought here Aug. 31, 1864, is the deep gully S. of
marker - the bed of a small stream flowing W. to Flint River.
N. of, & parallel to it, was the refused line of Harrow's
div. of the 15th, prolonged by Rice's brigade (Corse's div.),
16th A. C. [US] facing S. & extending W. to the river. Cleburne's,
Maney's & Bate's divs., Hardee's A. C. [CS] attacked the
refused line from south of the gully, only to find it a fatal
obstacle to a concerted assault on the intrenched lines &
artillery of Harrow & Rice. Hardee's attack was the signal
for advance of S. D. Lee's A. C. on the 15th corps front facing
Jonesboro.
031-27 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1958
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