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This ridge anchored fighting during the Battle of Ezra Church, July 28, 1864, Hood's third sortie against Sherman, where S.D. Lee's and Stewart's corps hurled costly frontal assaults at the Union 15th Corps and failed to dislodge it.
Historical Marker
Battle Hill
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About this site
Battle Hill is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 1958. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.7533, -84.4369 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Union Dispositions (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Confederate Attack, The Battle of Ezra Church / The Preliminary Operations, and Site of Ezra Church.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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