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Casey's Hill State Historical Marker
- Casey's Hill State Historical
Marker
- Located at the
west edge of Crestlawn Cemetery on Old Atlanta-Marietta
Rd. in Atlanta
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CASEY'S HILL
A notable eminence between Peachtree
& Proctor's creeks near the Chattahoochee River & named
for John A. Casey (1820 - 1907) who lived on this hill near the
old Montgomery Church. Prior to & during the 1860's, the
road from Atlanta crossed this hill & via Montgomery's Ferry,
ran to Marietta in Cobb County.
Confederate forces crossed the
river near the R.R. bridge, July 9-10, 1864, & camped on
the left bank until the 18th when most of them shifted toward
Atlanta on the old Marietta Rd. Enroute, they learned that Gen.
Johnson [CSA] had been relieved of the command & Gen. Hood
had been appointed his successor.
- 060-86 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1954
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