Historical Marker

Davis' Hill

Atlanta · Fulton County · Erected 1958

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The Story

This rise took its name from Union General Jefferson C. Davis's division of the XIV Corps, which seized and fortified it on July 22, 1864, as the Army of the Cumberland pressed south from Peachtree Creek toward besieged Atlanta.

About this site

Davis' 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 33.7714, -84.4337 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Errant Column (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include West Side Siege Line, Theodore “Tiger” Flowers, and Ezra Church.

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

📍 33.7714, -84.4337 · Atlanta, Fulton County

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