Historical Marker

Third Division 23rd Corps Attack / Second Division 23rd Corps Attack

Atlanta · Fulton County · Erected 2016

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These markers describe Union XXIII Corps divisions assaulting Confederate lines during the Battle of Utoy Creek in August 1864, an attack stalled by enemy artillery and finally called off amid a torrential rainstorm.

About this site

Third Division 23rd Corps Attack / Second Division 23rd Corps Attack is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 2016. 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 33.7198, -84.4811 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Battle of Utoy Creek (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Embattled Ridge, Battle of Utoy Creek, and Utoy Creek.

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

📍 33.7198, -84.4811 · Atlanta, Fulton County

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