Palmer’s & Hooker’s A.C. Cross the Chattahoochee

On July 17, 1864, two Union corps poured across the Chattahoochee at old Pace's Ferry on pontoon bridges, with Hooker's XX Corps following Palmer's XIV Corps. Sherman's armies were now over the last great river barrier guarding Atlanta.

Palmer’s & Hooker’s A.C. Cross the Chattahoochee is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 1988. 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 33.8577, -84.4518 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Union Defense Line (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Pace’s Ferry Road, Federal Right Wing, and Alexander, Cecil and Hermione, House.

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