- Sector of Siege Line State Historical
Marker
- Located on Eighth St. just east of Penn Ave. in Atlanta
(Text)
SECTOR OF SIEGE LINE
55 yds. S.E. an intrenched line of field
works crossed this block extending S.W. to 7th St., where it
turned N.W. to Juniper at 11th St.
This was a sector of the Federal sietge
line occupied by troops of Brig. Gen. T.J. Wood's 3d div. of
Howard's (later Stanley's) 4th Corps, from July 22 to August
25, 1864 -- these dates representing the period of siege operations.
Lt. Ambrose G. Bierce, topographical officer
of Hazen's brigade, Wood's div., was later known as an author
of stories relating to his experiences in the Federal Army --
perhaps the only instance of literary attainment deriving therefrom
in the campaign for Atlanta.
- 060-82 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1956
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