French's Line

Fulton County · dedicated 1988 · At the intersection of Chattahoochee Avenue and Carroll Drive in Atlanta.

July 9, 1864, Confederate forces withdrew to this side of the river near the state R.R. bridge. General S.G. French's div. (Stewart's A.C.) was posted above and below the bridge as a rear guard of Johnston's Army of the Tennessee. July 18. French's div. occupied the left sector of Atlanta's outer defense line -- from the Old Marietta Rd. at Casey's Hill to DeFoor's Fy. Rd. This line extended E. to Highland Ave. & was S. of & parallel to Peachtree Creek. This marker is at the point where French's entrenchments crossed Woodall Creek. Casey's Hill is .9 mi. W.; Chattahoochee Ave. is a post war road to the river at Bolton.

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