Historical Marker

Restoring the Line

Atlanta · DeKalb County · Erected 1983

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The Story

Where Union brigades counterattacked on July 22, 1864 after Cheatham's Confederates smashed the 15th Corps line near the Troup Hurt house; the assault retook the breach and the captured DeGress battery, a scene later painted in the Atlanta Cyclorama.

About this site

Restoring the Line is a historical marker in Atlanta, DeKalb County, erected in 1983. It is one of 98 historical markers documented in DeKalb County, among 143 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.7611, -84.3467 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Logan’s 15th A.C. Line (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Noon Under the Trees, Sweeny's Division Encamped, and The March to the Sea.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.7611, -84.3467 · Atlanta, DeKalb County
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