Ward's Div. Encamped

Ward's Div. Encamped is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1956.

Northwest of the Andrews Road and Habersham Way intersection in Atlanta.

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July 18, 1864. Ward's 3rd div., 20th A.C. moved to this position from Pace's Fy. to occupy the sector on the immediate right of Howard's 4th Corps which had marched from Power's Fy., reaching Buckhead at noon. The other two 20th A.C. divisions were aligned W. on Pace's Fy. Rd. These, together with the three divisions of the 14th A.C., continued the Federal line to the Chattahoochee River. July 19. Ward remained in camp here while his pioneer corps constructed bridges at Peachtree Creek where his troops crossed the next day to the battlefield of Peachtree Creek along Collier Road.

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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 Ward's Div. Encamped, 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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