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On July 17, 1864, Jefferson Davis stripped the cautious Joseph E. Johnston of the Army of Tennessee and handed it to the aggressive John Bell Hood, a fateful gamble that traded defensive maneuver for the bloody sorties that doomed Atlanta.
Historical Marker
Transfer of Command
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About this site
Transfer of Command is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 1920. 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 33.7494, -84.3886 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Battle of Atlanta (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include John Brown Gordon, Historic Ground, and Central Presbyterian Church.
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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