- Federal Signal Station State Historical
Marker
- Located at DeKalb and Moreland Avenues in Atlanta
(Text)
- FEDERAL SIGNAL STATION
July 22, 1864. When 15th A.C. troops moved
W. from line (at Candler St.) to the vacated Confederate line
at the Troup Hurt house (at DeGress Ave.), a signal station was
established by Lt. Samuel Edge in a tall pine near this site
commanding a view of fortified Atlanta.
Lt. Edge reported the advance of Confederate
forces astride the R.R. and when the 15th A.C. line was broken,
he abandoned the station -- returning to it after the line was
restored.
Near this site, in 1885, the battlefield
was studied from a tower erected by the artists who created the
Cyclorama; this established the viewing point of the big picture.
- 060-99A GEORGIA HISTORIC
MARKER 1983
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© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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