French's Line
July 9, 1864. Confederate forces withdrew to this side of the river near the state R.R. bridge. General S.G. French’s div. (Stewart’s A.C.) was posted above & below the bridge as a rear guard of Johnston’s Army of Tennessee.
July 18. French’s div. occupied the left sector of Atlanta’s outer defense line -- from the Old Marietta Rd. at Casey’s Hill to DeFoors Fy. Rd. This line extended E. to Highland Ave. & was S. of & parallel to Peachtree Creek.
This marker is at the point where French’s entrenchments crossed Woodall Creek. Casey’s Hill is .9 mi. W.; Chattahoochee Ave. is a postwar road to the river at Bolton.
Marker is at the intersection of Chattahoochee Avenue SW and Carroll Drive NW, on the right when traveling south on Chattahoochee Avenue SW.
Courtesy hmdb.org
