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(25) Site of Wesley Chapel, 1848-1870; First Methodist Church, 1870-1904.  North half of lot occupied by Confederate Commissary Dept., 1863-1864, and known as the “Storrs School” after its removal to the N.W. corner of Houston St. and Piedmont Ave.

(On Candler Bldg., – preferably near main entrance – Peachtree St. side).

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(24) Site of the residence of Maxwell R. Berry; occupied as Headquarters by Maj. Gen. William W. Loring, CSA., 1864.

(Northwest corner, Walton and Fairlie Streets.  The house faced on Fairlie Street.).

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(117) The Samuel House residence – build circa 1855. Occupied as headquarters July 18^th, 1864 by General W.T. Sherman, en route to Atlanta. Cox’s division of the federal 23^rd Corps camped nearby.

(On road side – H. Cobb Caldwell’s Residence – Peachtree Road North of Oglethorpe University.)

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(116) Here was located the now vanished town of Old Cross Keys – Circa, 1845-1870. James Reeves was storekeeper and Postmaster.

On July 18^th, 1864, troops of the Federal 16^th and 23^rd Corps passed this way, en route to Atlanta – the 16^th turned eastward here – the 23d southward. General W.T. Sherman rode with the 23^rd Corpse.

(At crossroads – (near large oak tree) north of H. Cobb Caldwell’s residence on Peachtree Road. Old Cross Keys site is not on Peachtree Road, however, but on the road to the left of Caldwell house as you face toward its front.)

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(115) This house was built by Solomon Goodwin and his Indian neighbors in 1831. It still bears marks of vandalism by Federal soldiers who occupied the house in the summer of 1864.

(In yard of old Goodwin House – Goodwin’s Crossing – Peachtree Road – Across same from a group of stores. This house is a little south of Hospital 48 and is in land lot 239 of the 18^th district, DeKalb County.)

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(114) Terry’s Mill Pond

In the low ground south of this road the impounded water of Sugar Creek was known as Terry’s Mill Pond – 1842-1870. The mill, which stood some distance down stream, was burned by Reilly’s Brigade, Cox’s Division of the Federal 23d Corps, July 27 1864. It was rebuilt after the war.

(On Glenwood Avenue, one mile east of East Atlanta P.O. – where Glenwood crosses Sugar Creek – near Walker Monument.)

(My understanding is that a number of these East Atlanta markers will be setup by DeKalb County organizations — Kurtz)

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(114) Site of Terry’s Mill Pond. Severe fighting here during battle of Atlanta (Near Walker Monument) (G-7)

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(113) Route of Hardee’s Corps – July 22^nd 1864

On this, the old Fayetteville road, the troops of Lt. general William J. Hardee’s Corps, having crossed Entrenchment Creek at Cobb’s Hill south of this point, marched toward the flank and rear of the Federal Army of the Tennessee in East Atlanta.

Cleburne’s and Maney’s divisions took the left fork and Walker’s and Kate’s divisions, the Right – as did the cavalry of Major General Joseph Wheeler, en route to Decatur.

(On Boulder Crest Drive – East side of same – at forks of the road north of the Akers house)

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(112) Site of the Residence of James M. Calhoun, Mayor of Atlanta, 1862-1865. Used as headquarters by Maj. General John W. Geary, division commander of the Federal 20^th Corps, during the occupation of the city by federal forces, September 2^nd – November 15, 1864.

(Southwest corner, Washington and Produce Row – the latter being a prolongation of Alabama Street.)

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(112) General John W. Geary’s headquarters during occupation of City by the Federal forces. 1864. (Northwest corner Washington and Hunter Street) (E-6)

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(111) Site of Engine House No. 2 – Mechanic’s Fire Company. Organized Dec. 10 1856. Used as a prison during the occupation of the city by Federal forces, September through November 1864.

(Southeastern Corner Washington Street and Georgia Railroad.)

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(111) Site of Engine House No. 2 – Used as a prison during the occupation of the city by Federal forces, September through November 1864.

(East side Washington Street between Railroad and Hunter Street.) (E-6)

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(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)

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(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)