Coburn's Brigade State
Historical Marker
Located on Collier Rd at west end of Seaboard
Railroad bridge, Atlanta
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COBURN'S BRIGADE
Four regiments -- 33d &
85th Ind., 19th Mich. & 22d Wis. -- Col. John Coburn's brigade,
Ward's 3d div., 20th A.C., were posted in this sector -- the
22d Wis. on the ridge as skirmishers, the other three in the
ravine N. of the road.
The left of Featherston's
brigade [Confederate], swept N. across the road, driving &
pursuing the 22d Wis. down the slope, only to be assailed in
turn by Coburn's regiments advancing from the ravine, aided by
the left of Harrison's & the right of Wood's brigades.
Featherston withdrew to the
barricades at the road, but a lack of support on right &
left forced his withdrawal.
060-36 GEORGIA
HISTORICAL COMMISSION 195?
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