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Benton's & Coltart's Brigades Historical Marker
- Benton's & Coltart's Brigades
State Historical Marker
- Located at Boulevard Dr.and Walthall St. in Atlanta,
Ga.
(Text)
BENTON'S & COLTART'S
BRIGADES
July 22, 1864. When Brown's (formerly
Hindman's) div., Cheatham's A.C. [Confed.] attacked the Fed.
line e. of here, Benton's Mississippi & Coltart's Alabama
brigades struck Harrow's div. of the 15th A.C. [Union], dislodging
Williams' & Oliver's brigades. Simultaneously, Manigault
seized Martin's & Lightburn's line astride the Ga. R.R. northward
-- a combined action that displaced four Federal brigades on
a half-mile front which they later recovered by reinforced counter-assaults.
Col. Samuel Benton, wounded in
the battle, was carried to the rear and later removed to a hospital
at Griffin, Ga., where he died.
060-103 GEORGIA HISTORIC
MARKER 1984
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