Site: The Pope House

Marker Text: Verbatim but translated to remove abbreviations and to make more readable
Opposite to and north of here was a two story white house (said to have been the residence of the Widow Pope) which figured prominently in this sector of the Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864.
As Manigault's brigade (CS) moved to the assault on the Federal line at the Hurt House, its alignment was broken by the Pope house and out-buildings. While reforming, some of the 19th S.C. ascended to the second floor and fired into the Federal batteries at the railroad cut.
Pressing forward, the 10th and 19th S.C., aided by the 28th Ala., penetrated the Federal line at the railroad cut, seizing the batteries there and in a leftward drive, the DeGress battery

060-92 Georgia Historic Commission erected 1956
Location: DeKalb Avenue at Inman Park MARTA station
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Visited: June 28, 2008

So, the battle has begun. This house broke the rank and file of the confederate brigade as they marched toward the cut in the rail line. Some of the South Carolina soldiers used it as a sniper den. The outcome was that the confederates overran both the rail road cut and two separate artillery batteries. I guess the question would be "Did they have enough time to turn the batteries for their own use, or bring them back into the inner defense of Atlanta for continued use?" And what good, really, does capturing the rail road cut do for you? The federal army is still to the east of the city and could just re-cut the line further down. The "Noon Under the Trees" marker is about a mile east of this marker. Actually it is just one MARTA stop east of here. I guess this action was to take advantage of apparent weakness in the Federals offense.
How does this action fit in with the marker for the start of the Battle of Atlanta? These markers are separated by two to three miles of what, at the time, would have been forests and farms. Did this Manigualt brigade come from the same area as Bates and Walker, or from the city defenses themselves?
Currently this marker is on DeKalb Avenue at the Inman Park MARTA station. The Pope house is no more. Both the MARTA line and the railroad are on the South side of DeKalb Avenue. Reading the marker again, I believe that the marker was originally installed on the other side of DeKalb Avenue, since it states "opposite to and north of here." But it could be that the house was further north and on the other side of Battery Place, the road next to the MARTA station parking lot. I know that DeGress street is not too far away, and on the opposite side of Battery Place from here, and slightly north of here.
It is of no matter, this marker places us in the middle of the attack on the federal lines. We just don't yet know all of the players or where they were located.