Battle of Utoy Creek

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

On Cascade Avenue, just east of Woodland Terrace in Atlanta.

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Federal siege operations not only involved the encircling line of Atlanta's defenses, but threatened the 2 railroads S.W. of the city. Pursuant thereto, Federal forces, after the Battle of Ezra Church, were shifted S. only to be confronted by a line of Confederate works W. of and parallel to the railroads. Blocking the southward drift, Bate's division of Hardee's A.C. [CS] was posted on a ridge W. of the main line & S. of Sandtown Rd. Aug. 6, 1864. Cox's division, 23d A.C. [US], moving from N. of the rd., vainly attempted to dislodge Bate, who withdrew only when outflanked by Hascall's div. Cascade Avenue was the old Sandtown Road.

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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 Battle 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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More markers nearby

Confederate Intrenchments: 1864under 1 mi
Valley of Utoy Creek1 mi
Historic Utoy Church1 mi
Site: Utoy Post Office on Old Sandtown Rd.2 mi