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Confederate Battery Position Historical Marker
- Confederate Battery Position State
Historical Marker
- Located on a cul de sac on River Chase Point in Sandy
Springs, Fulton County
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CONFEDERATE BATTERY POSITION
This battery was one of several
cavalry outposts maintained by Wheeler's Cavalry (CSA) to watch
the ferries and fords along the Chattahoochee River in 1864.
The battery position consisted of a single piece of light artillery
protected by strong earthworks. At 3:30 P.M. on July 8, 1864,
Cox's Division, 23rd A.C., Army of the Ohio (U.s.), made one
of the first crossings of the Chattahoochee river at this point.
Wading the river, Federal forces scaled the steep slopes of this
position capturing the gun. so quick was the crossing, the surprised
and out-numbered Confederates were able to fire only a single
cannon shot before withdrawing. J.D. Cox, in his book Atlanta,
described this crossing as "One of the most picturesque
of the campaign." In the hastily abandoned camp of the outpost
was found a half-cooked meal and an unfinished letter from a
Confederate soldier to his wife. Following this first successful
crossing of the Chattahoochee by Federal troops, Confederate
forces abandoned the main river defenses at Bolton, 7 miles to
the south and retired toward the Atlanta defenses.
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