Wheeler Delays Blair

Wheeler Delays Blair is a Georgia historical marker in DeKalb County, dedicated 1956.

On Boulevard Drive, east of Clay Street in Atlanta.

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McPherson's Army of the Tenn. [US] seized Decatur July 19, 1864 & on the 20th moved toward Atlanta in two columns -- the 15th and 16th A.C. via the Ga. R.R., and the 17th by roads S. of it. Where Wheeler's Cav., [CS] guarding the right of Atlanta's outer defense line, was posted. Wheeler encountered Blair's 17th A.C. at Clay St. & in a contest lasting all afternoon, endeavored to halt it -- both forces using artillery. Toward evening, Wheeler withdrew W. to Leggett's Hill where he was relieved at midnight by Cleburne's div. (of Hardee's Corps) [CS] which had been withdrawn from the engagement at Peachtree Creek for this purpose.

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Wheeler Delays Blair

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