O’Neal’s Brigade at the Ravine

Charging down this wooded slope on July 20, 1864, O'Neal's Confederates hit the angle in Geary's Union line and briefly broke through. Lacking support and caught in crossfire, the attack collapsed, and Geary held the ground.

O’Neal’s Brigade at the Ravine 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 33.8125, -84.4077 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Williams' Div. Deployed (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Geary’s Refused Line, O’Neal’s Brigade, and Geary’s Division.

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