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The outer Confederate defense line of Atlanta, located on the east slope of this hill, was evacuated on the night of July 21, 1864. On July 22, the Federal 23d A.C., under Schofield, marched from the northeast by way of Williams Mill Road and entrenched a line west and south of Augustus Hurt’s house, where it supported the right wing of the Army of the Tenn. in the Battle of Atlanta. On July 26, with the shift of that army to the west side of Atlanta, the 23d A.C. became the extreme right southwest of the city. The 4th A.C., with its left resting at the Augustus Hurt house, became the left of the line until Aug. 25.
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