Valley of Utoy Creek

Valley of Utoy Creek is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1958.

On Peyton Road, at the bridge over the north fork of Utoy Creek in Atlanta.

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Federal forces conducting siege operations on North & West fronts of Atlanta's fortified lines were, at intervals, moved S. toward East Point, in attempts to seize the 2 railroads that entered the city from the southwest. Palmer's 14th A. C. marched from N.W. of the city by various roads to this vicinity and was aligned along the North Fork of Utoy Creek. Aug. 5, 1864. Johnson's 1st div. of the corps moved via Peyton Road to the Henry Bankston house near here, where it was deployed while the 15th & 18th U.S. Regulars forced passage of the creek -- after which the div. crossed to south side and camped that night.

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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 Valley of Utoy Creek, 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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