33d New Jersey State Flag
State Historical Marker
Located at 1911 Walthall Drive, Atlanta
33.806716, -84.40241
(Text)
33D N.J. STATE FLAG
July 20, 1864. To this high
ground, 500 yds. in front of Geary's div. (20th A.C.) [Union]
on Collier Rd., the 33d N.J. regt., Jones' brigade, was sent
to establish & support a battery position.
The regiment had scarcely
reached this hill when, in a surprise attack, it was assailed
by Scott's brigade (Loring's div.) [Confederate] moving toward
the main line of the 20th corps.
The 33d N.J., despite its
endeavors to hold the hill, was driven back to the road -- its
State flag (a blue banner) being seized by John Abernathy of
the 27th Alabama regiment. Scott's assault began the critical
struggle that centered at Collier's Mill.
060-58 GEORGIA
HISTORICAL COMMISSION 195?
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