(72) Loring’s Hill

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Wilbur Kurtz’s Archival Description:

(72) Loring’s Hill – Position of Maj. Gen. William W. Loring’s div. of Stewart’s Corps (Confederate), afternoon of July 20, 1864. From this line Loring’s troops moved northward to attack the Federal Gen. Geary’s division at Collier Road.

(The high hill east of North Side Drive between Bishop Street and the Seaboard RR. This is in Land Lot 147 of the 17th Dist.- Fulton County. The breastworks still crown the summit of this hill)

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