Wood's & Newton's Divs. at Peachtree Creek

On July 19, 1864, finding the Peachtree Creek bridge burned, Wood's 4th Corps division improvised a crossing and drove Hardee's Confederates off the high ground, securing the bridgehead that Newton's troops used the next day.

Wood's & Newton's Divs. at Peachtree Creek is a historical marker in Atlanta, Fulton County, erected in 1954. 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, -84.3888 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 Ward's Div. Crossed Peachtree Creek, Peach Tree Creek Crossing, 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.