West Side Siege Line

West Side Siege Line is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1958.

At the intersection of Chappel Road and Rome Dr. NW in Atlanta.

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Howard's Army of the Tenn. (3 corps), which had fought E. of Atlanta July 22, were shifted to this area W. of the city, July 27, 28, 1864. Dodge's 16th & Blair's 17th A.C. were aligned along Chapel Rd. which, in 1864, led S.W. directly to Ezra Ch. (MOZLEY PARK), where the line was prolonged westward by the 15th corps. This shift of Federal forces was a thrust at the 2 railroads entering the city from the S.W. at East Point. After the Battle of Ezra Church, July 28, siege operations were pushed E. toward Atlanta by these troops, together with the 14th & 23d corps, which prolonged the line S. to the Campbellton Road.

Marker not in place due to damage or maintenance. Note from the marker program.

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Historical maps covering this location

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)

Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering the location of West Side Siege Line, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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