Benton’s & Coltart’s Brigades

Marks where Benton's Mississippi and Coltart's Alabama brigades of Brown's Division, Cheatham's Corps, struck the Union 15th Corps in the Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864; Col. Samuel Benton fell mortally wounded in the charge.

Benton’s & Coltart’s Brigades is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 1984. 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 33.7536, -84.3517 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Harrow’s Div. 15th A.C. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Railroad Cut, Site: The Pope House, and The 15th Corps Sector.

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