French's Line

FRENCH'S LINE. July 9, 1864. Confederate forces withdrew to this side of the river near the State R.R. bridge. Gen. 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 post-war road to the river at Bolton. 060-67 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1988