Augustus Hurt House
200 yds. N.E. stood the plantation residence of Augustus F. Hurt (1830-1921), built 1858 and razed by Federal forces, 1864; erroneously cited in Official Records as the Howard house.
July 22, 1864. 4th & 23d A.C. troops, in line with Federal advances on Atlanta, occupied this hill, having marched via old Williams Mill Rd. Sherman, together with Howard & Schofield, maintained command posts here during the afternoon while McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee fought defensively at & S. of the Ga. R.R. where two of Hood’s corps (CS) attacked it. Here, McPherson’s body was brought from the battlefield enroute to burial at Clyde, Ohio.
Marker can be reached from the intersection of East Freedom Parkway and Carter Center Entrance.
Courtesy hmdb.org
