Dexter Niles House

Dexter Niles House is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1956.

At 1030 West Marietta Street in Atlanta.

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1042 Marietta Street, N.W. is the site of the old plantation home of Dexter Niles where General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Army of Tennessee (CS), had headquarters July 10-18, 1864. At trackside north was the Telegraph office in charge of Maj. Charles W. Hubner (later an Atlanta citizen). Night of July 17, a Richmond telegram arrived notifying Gen. Johnston of his relief from command of the army, naming General John B. Hood as his successor. Maj. Hubner decoded the tape, crossed the road, entered the house and handed the dispatch to General Johnston who, with maps spread out, was instructing Col. Presstman about Atlanta defenses.

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey 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)
Historical map (Stanford Libraries)

Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering the location of Dexter Niles House, 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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