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On July 20, 1864, Ward's 20th Corps division forded Peachtree Creek and filled the Union line between Geary and Newton, just hours before Hood unleashed his first sortie as army commander, the Battle of Peachtree Creek, at 3:30 that afternoon.
Ward's Div. Crossed Peachtree Creek is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 1956. 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 33.8178, -84.3889 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Clement Hoffman Stevens (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Peach Tree Creek Crossing, Wood's & Newton's Divs. at Peachtree Creek, and Ward’s Div. Deployed.
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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