The DeGress Battery
July 22, 1864. Light Battery H, 1st Ill. (four 20-pounders), Capth. Francis DeGress, was posted here on right of M.L. Smith’s div., Logan’s 15th A.C. Shells from these guns are said to have been the first to fall in Atlanta.
Late afternoon, Manigault’s brigade (CS) broke the Federal line at the R.R., forcing Martin’s brigade, S. of it & Lightburn’s N. of it, to withdraw. DeGress’ gunners spiked the pieces & the horses were shot to prevent the removal of the guns by their Confederate
captors.
The line was retaken in a counter-charge by Martin & Lightburn, aided by Mersy’s 16th A.C. brigade; Capt. DeGress re-possessed his guns.
| 060-96. |
Georgia Historical Commission |
1956 |
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visible from the road. It is located at
N 33° 45.612 W 84° 21.183.
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To reach this monument: Marker is at the intersection of DeGress Avenue and DeKalb Avenue, Atlanta, GA.
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Site: The Pope House (approx. 0.2 miles away) ;
Federal Signal Station (approx. 0.2 miles away) ;
Baker's Brigade (approx. 0.3 miles away) ;
Springvale Park (approx. 0.4 miles away) ;
Brig. Gen. A.M. Manigault's Brigade (approx. 0.4 miles away) ;
Restoring the Line (approx. 0.4 miles away) ;
Benton's & Coltart's Brigades (approx. 0.5 miles away) ;
Harrow's Div. 15th A.C. (approx. 0.5 miles away) ;
Augustus Hurt House (approx. 0.5 miles away) ;
Brown's & Clayton's Divs. (approx. 0.5 miles away) ;
Noon Under the Trees (approx. 0.7 miles away) ;
Sweeny's Division Encamped (approx. 0.9 miles away) ;
Attack from the West (approx. 1 miles away) ;
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