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Steep wooded bluffs made the western crossings of Peachtree Creek costly, and it took the Union 14th Corps two days of hard fighting in July 1864, including a night bridge-building at Howell's Mills, to win footholds on the Confederate-held south bank.
Federal Crossings 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 33.8236, -84.4160 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Reynold’s Brigade (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Howell's Mills, Geary’s Div. to Peachtree Creek, and 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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