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When Sherman abandoned his siege lines in late August 1864 to swing south against the railroads, the 20th Corps fell back here to guard the river crossings; Confederate cavalry probed Ireland's entrenched brigade on the 26th but could not break it.
Union Defense Line is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 1984. 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 33.8585, -84.4503 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Palmer’s & Hooker’s A.C. Cross the Chattahoochee (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.
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