Wilbur Kurtz’s Archival Description:

(99) Battlefield of Atlanta – July 22d, 1864

Site of the George M. Troup Hurt House – an unfinished brick residence at the time of the battle. Headquarters of the 10th S. Carolina regt. July 18-21, occupied by Lightburn’s brigade, Smith’s div. of the Federal 15th Corp, early the 22d.

Afternoon of the 22d, Manigault’s brigade of Hindman’s div., Cheatham’s Corps, U.S.A., captured this position but was forced to withdraw that evening. This was the house that appears conspicuously in the Cyclorama of the Battle of Atlanta at Grant Park.

(DeGress Avenue – in yard of the stone edifice of the East Atlanta Primitive Baptist Church)

Newspaper Description:

(99) Battlefield of Atlanta – July 22d, 1864 Site of General M. Troup Hurt House. This was the house that appears conspicuously in the Cyclorama of the Battle of Atlanta in Grant Park. (195 de Grass Avenue, North East) F-6)