- Where Hood Watched the Battle
of Atlanta State Historical Marker
- Located in the north part of Oakland Cemetery on
Memorial Dr. in Atlanta
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WHERE HOOD WATCHED THE
BATTLE OF ATLANTA
In 1856 James E. Williams (Mayor of Atlanta
1866-1868), built a residence atop this high ground which later
became a part of Oakland Cemetery. From the second story of the
house, Gen. John B. Hood, in command of Confederate forces, &
members of his staff, watched that part of the Battle of Atlanta,
July 22, 1864, where Brown's & Clayton's divs., Cheatham's
A.C. [CSA], moved eastward astride the Ga. R.R. to the assault
on the Federal 15th A.C. line also astride the R.R. -- at DeGress
Ave., 1 1/4 mi. distant.
A notable landmark of this area -- the
Rolling Mill -- stood on the site of the cotton mill.
- 060-106 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1956
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