The Exterior Line: July - August, 1864

Fulton County · dedicated 1958 · At the intersection of Cascade Avenue and Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in Atlanta.

When Federal forces E. of Atlanta were shifted to the W. side, to move against the Macon and the West Point railroads (entering the city from the S.W.), the Confederate defenders intrenched a line W. of and parallel to them. This line began at W. Fair & Ashby Sts. & ran S.W. to & beyond this point, ending at the Ga. Military Academy in College Park. Siege operations (July 28 - Aug. 25) were barren of results & ceased with transfer of Federal forces S. to Fairburn & Jonesboro, where the seizure of the railroads & the consequent evacuation of Atlanta, ended the campaign.

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