The Railroad Cut

THE RAILROAD CUT. In 1864 the single track of the Ga. R.R. ran through a deep cut opposite this point. Crossing it & the Decatur rd. was the intrenched line of the Federal 15th A.C. as of July 22. This was a sector of McPherson's Army of the Tenn. which occupied trenches vacated by Gen. Cheatham's A.C. [Confed.

] the previous night. Cheatham's troops temporarily recovered the line here - late afternoon of the 22d - mostly by front assault, partly by penetrating it at the unguarded cut - an episode portrayed in the Cyclorama at Grant Park. The ground was greatly altered after the war; the R.R. cut was still visible as late as 1903.

060-94 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956