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Marks the Peachtree Creek battlefield where, on July 20, 1864, Hood, newly in command of the Army of Tennessee, gambled on attacking Thomas's Army of the Cumberland before it dug in, only to be thrown back across the creek.
Historical Marker
Battlefield of Peachtree Creek
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About this site
Battlefield of Peachtree Creek is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 1955. 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 33.8049, -84.3933 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hardee’s Attack (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Montgomery Fy. Rd., Newton’s Division, and Hardee at Peachtree Creek.
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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