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Fort Walker guarded the southeastern corner of Atlanta's Confederate defense ring, a 10-mile line of earthworks engineered by Lemuel Grant in 1863. It honors General W.H.T. Walker, killed nearby in the Battle of Atlanta, and survives within Grant Park.
Fort Walker is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 1956. 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 33.7306, -84.3688 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Walker (historical marker), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include House at 690 South Boulevard, Texas, The, and Building at 760-768 Confederate Avenue.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Fort Walker” names 2 distinct records in Fulton County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1956 in Atlanta. The others:
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