French's Division: Hood's Left Flank

French's Division: Hood's Left Flank is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1984.

At the intersection of Davis Circle and DeFoor Avenue in Atlanta.

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July 20. 1864. The right of Gen. S. F. French's division of Stewart's A. C. (CS) rested on DeFoor's Road - the left, being at Casey's Hill 1.5 miles west, during the Battle of Peachtree Creek. While Walthall's and Loring's division's attacked the Federal 20th A. C. at Collier Rd., French's 3 brigades were on Walthall's left, & by demonstrations in force engaged the attention of the 14th A. C. (US) thereby preventing its unlimited participation in the battle. The high knoll west of here (at Davis' Circle) topped by a formidable redoubt, was a part of French's intrenched line.

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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 Division: Hood's Left Flank, 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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