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(72) Loring’s Hill

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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(71) Near this point Mayor James M. Calhoun and a committee of citizens made formal surrender of the city to Col John Coburn of the Federal 20th Corps, Sept. 2, 1864.

Wilbur Kurtz’s Archival Description:

(71) Near this point Mayor James M. Calhoun and a committee of citizens made formal surrender of the city to Col John Coburn of the Federal 20th Corps, Sept. 2, 1864.

Shortly after, the 20th Corps troops entered the city via Marietta St. and took possession of the City Hall.

(Where Curran St. joins Marietta St…. several blocks above point where Bankhead highway joins Marietta St.)

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(70) Battlefield of Peachtree Creek – July 20, 1864

Wilbur Kurtz’s Archival Description:

(70) Battlefield of Peachtree Creek – July 20, 1864

The Andrew J. Collier house, a part of which was standing during the battle. A short distance southwest of it. Brig. Gen. Clement H. Stevens, commanding a brigade in walker’s div. of Hardee’s Corps, was killed while leading his brigade into the battle.

            (In yard of the white house at the southwest corner of Peachtree and Collier Roads)

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(69) Battlefield of Peachtree Creek – July 20, 1864

Wilbur Kurtz’s Archival Description:

(69) Battlefield of Peachtree Creek – July 20, 1864

About 2:00 p.m. the troops of Brig. Gen. John Newton’s div. of the Federal 4th Corps, having crossed Peachtree Creek, took position on this hill-top – Blake’s brigade east of Peachtree Rd. – Kimball’s brigade west – Goodspeed’s and Spencer’s batteries in the road, and Bradley brigade in the rear of the artillery.

Here they were attacked about 4:30 p.m. by Bate’s, Walker’s and Maney’s divisions of Hardee’s Corps. Bate’s attack east of the road began the battle of Peachtree Creek.

(S.E. or N.E. corner Peachtree and Brighton Roads. The markers on Spalding place nearby are wrongly placed. Howell’s battery could not have been there with an entire Federal division on that hill; I carefully explained this to the late Clark Howell – to his satisfaction)

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(68) Site of Gen. Ira R. Foster’s house

Wilbur Kurtz’s Archival Description:

(68) Site of Gen. Ira R. Foster’s house, occupied as headquarters by Lt. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart during the battle of Peachtree Creek, July 20, 1264.

(This site is on City Property – east side Howell Mill Road and some 200 or 300 ft. south of Bishop St., between the public sidewalk and a two story red brick building used by the Atlanta Water Works. The immediate site is a grassy plot.)

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(67) Site of old Mt. Zion Church – Battlefield of Peachtree Creek, July 20, 1864

Wilbur Kurtz’s Archival Description:

(67) Site of old Mt. Zion Church – Battlefield of Peachtree Creek, July 20, 1864

Advanced position of Confederate skirmish line just before the battle. Here Reynold’s div. of Stewart’s Corps deployed for the assault against William’s div. of the Federal 20th Corps.

Burial place of Hiram H. Embry, whose plantation was contiguous and Sergt. Wm. R. Moore of Wheeler’s Cavalry, killed three days before the battle.

            (In the yard of North Side Park Baptist Church No. 1877 Howell Mill Road, N.W.)

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(66) Battlefield of Peachtree Creek – July 20, 1864

Wilbur Kurtz’s Archival Description:

(66) Battlefield of Peachtree Creek – July 20, 1864

The Hiram H Embry Plantation – a conspicuous locality during the battle. Reynolds brigade, the left of Walthall’s division, Stewart’s Corps, swept across this ground, northeastward, to assault William’s division of the Federal 20th Corps posted above Northfleet Rd.

Near this spot was killed Maj. W. C. Preston of S. Carolina, while supervising the placement of Selden’s battery.

            (Southwest corner Collier Rd. and Howell Mill Road)

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(64) Site of Atlanta’s first Rolling Mill

Wilbur Kurtz’s Archival Description:

(64) Site of Atlanta’s first Rolling Mill, established 1857. Operated by Lewis Sohofield after Jan. 1, 1858, William Markham, associate.

Here armor-plate for the Confederate Navy was manufactured, including the sheathing for the celebrated iron-clad Merrimac.

The Mill was destroyed by Confederate authorities when Atlanta was abandoned, Sept. 1, 1864

(Directly across Boulevard, S.E. from the Fulton Bag & Cotton Mill in the area now occupied by a coal yard)

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(63) Site of Washington Hall

Wilbur Kurtz’s Archival Description:

(63) Site of Washington Hall, a hotel of the late 40s erected by Capt. James Loyd. Later purchased by William Markham, seventh mayor of Atlanta, and operated by him until the capture of the city by Federal forces in 1864. Mr. Markham erected a hotel on this site in 1875 which was destroyed by fire in 1896.

Sept. 22, 1877, President Rutherford B. Hayes addressed a large crowd of citizens from the front of the Markham House.

            (On Central Avenue at the food of Wall St. Viaduct on front of a large brick building)

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