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Added Exterior Line July-August 1864

Location:Ashby St at West Fair St, Atlanta
LATITUDE33.7484871262
LONGITUDE-84.4174635567
County:Fulton

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ADDED EXTERIOR LINE
JULY- AUGUST, 1864

From a bastion (at W. Fair & Ashby Sts.) of the city fortifications, an intrenched line of earthworks was added which ran S.W. to and below East Point. This line, W. of and parallel to the West Point and Macon railroads (entering the city from the S.W.) was designed to resist Federal attempts to seize them.
From July 28 to Aug. 25, progressive approaches to, and continuous bombardment of, the city having failed, the Federals seized the railroads at Fairburn & Jonesboro, thereby forcing the evacuation of Atlanta, which was surrendered by Mayor J.M. Calhoun on Sept. 2.

060-131 Georgia Historic Marker 1997
       
 

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