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Brown's and Clayton's Divisions Historical Marker
- Brown's and Clayton's Divisions
State Historical Marker
- Located at Edgewood Ave. and Delta Place in Atlanta,
Ga.
(Text)
BROWN'S & CLAYTON'S
DIVS.
July 22, 1864: 3:30 P.M. Gen. Hood
[Confed.] launched an attack from the east line of the city fortifications,
on the 15th A.C. astride the Ga. R.R. (at DeGress Ave.) -- a
mass assault by two divs. of Cheatham's A.C.: Brown's & Clayton's.
Brown's brigades were: Manigault's, Sharp's, Coltart's &
Benton's; Clayton's brigades were: Stovall's, Baker's, Gibson's
& Holtzclaw's.
The impact of these eight small
brigades dislodged four Federal brigades from their intrenched
line at and each side of the R.R. -- where the spear-head of
the attack was aimed. This, the critical molment of the battle
is pictured in the Cyclorama at Grant Park.
060-100B GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1956
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