Death of McPherson

Marker Text:

The monument in the enclosure was erected by U.S. Army Engineers to mark the site where Major General James B. McPherson was killed during the Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864.
McPherson rode south from the Georgia railroad when he heard firing in Sugar Creek valley, where the rear attack by Walker's and Bate's divisions (CS) fell upon Dodge's 16th Army Corps. After pausing to observe this part of the battle, he galloped towards the left of the 17th Army Corps (Flat Shoals road and Glenwood Avenue) on a road through the pines.
At this point he was assailed by skirmishers of Cleburne's division (CS), refusing to surrender he was shot while attempting to escape.

044-45 Georgia Historical Commission erected 1956

Location: McPherson Avenue at Monument Avenue
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Date visited: July 01, 2008

Well, here it is, the death of McPherson in battle. The second Major General to die in the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864. To tell you the truth, after all of the events and markers leading up to this, it is rather anti-climatic. The monument and the marker are located on a small triangle of land at the intersection of two residential streets. Not a block away north is Interstate 20 and, let me tell you, it is loud, even with the sound barriers up. I believe that this section of the interstate wasn't completed until the late 1950s. So when this marker went up, East Side Avenue may have been a complete road and not cut in two by I-20 like it is today.

Here is the front view of the monument: