- Fuller's Division State Historical
Marker
- Located on East Side Ave. just south of McPherson
Ave. in Atlanta
(Text)
FULLER'S DIV. 16TH A.C.
July 22, 1864. Gen. John Fuller's only
brigade -- Morrill's, which was in reserve near Leggett's Hill,
was deployed S.E. of here to meet the advance of Walker's div.
[CSA] up Sugar Cr. valley. While so engaged, Cleburne's 2 brigades
-- Govan's & Smith's, [CSA] having penetrated the rear of
the Federal line on Flat Shoals Rd., assailed the right flank
of Morrill's four regiments, not only forcing repeated changes
of front but entire withdrawal to a line extending eastward from
Leggett's Hill.
During this action, the 64th Ill. reg't.
drove back Cleburne's troops long enough to remove McPherson's
body in the forest where he fell.
- 044-69 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1956
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