French's Line

French's Line is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1988.

At the intersection of Chattahoochee Avenue and Carroll Drive in Atlanta.

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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.

Marker not in place due to damage or maintenance. Note from the marker program.

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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 French's Line, 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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