4th A.C. at Buckhead
July 18, 1864. Left Wing, Army of the Cumberland [US], having moved from Power’s Fy., cast up a line of intrenchments covering roads leading E., S., & W. Contact was made with the 20th A. C. to the right (on W. Pace’s Fy. Rd.) & to the left with Schofield’s 23d A. C. at Goodwins.
July 19. Wood’s & Newton’s divs. marched S. on Peachtree Rd. & in concert with 20th & 14th A. C. westward, forced crossings at Peachtree Cr. Stanley’s div. moved E. by the old Cheshire Bridge Rd. to occupy a wide gap between Peachtree Rd. & Schofield’s A. C. on Pea Vine Creek (near Briarcliff Rd.). Wood’s div. followed Stanley the next day via the same route.
Marker is at the intersection of East Paces Ferry Road and Grandview Avenue NE, on the right when traveling west on East Paces Ferry Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
