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From the upper story of Mayor James Williams' house, since absorbed into Oakland Cemetery, General John Bell Hood watched his Confederates surge east on July 22, 1864, in the great assault remembered as the Battle of Atlanta.
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Where Hood Watched The Battle Of Atlanta
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About this site
Where Hood Watched The Battle Of Atlanta 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 33.7495, -84.3730 near Atlanta. The nearest cataloged historic site is Alexander Hamilton Stephens (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Alfred Iverson, Jr., John Brown Gordon, and Oakland Cemetery.
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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