Clayton's Div., Lee's A.C.

Clayton's Div., Lee's A.C. is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1985.

At the intersection of Elixir Avenue and Wellington Street in Atlanta.

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July 28, 1864. Deployed along the old Greensferry Rd. (West View Dr.) were Gibson's Holtzclaw's and Baker's brigades (Alabama and Louisiana troops), Clayton's div., forming the right flank of General S.D. Lee's A. C. [CS] in the Battle Of Ezra Church. Moving northward in the heavily wooded area their assault fell upon the Federal line at the salient angle (at Laurel Ave. and Archer. St.), occupied by the left flank, Logan's 15th A.C. Unsupported on the left and counter-attacked in front, Clayton's troops withdrew after two attempts to dislodge the Federals. Loring's div., Stewart's A. C., deployed in this vicinity was not ordered into the battle.

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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)

Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering the location of Clayton's Div., Lee's A.C., 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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