Fort Walker

Fort Walker formed the southeastern salient of Atlanta’s inner line of Confederate fortifications erected during the summer and fall of 1863. The line consisted of a cordon of redoubts on hills connected by rifle pits encircling the city, aggregating some 10.5 miles of earthworks designed and supervised by Colonel L.P. Grant, a pioneer citizen, construction engineer, and railroad builder of Atlanta. After 93 years, it remained one of a few remnants of a line that withstood the quartering steel and climbing fire of Federal armies for forty two days and was evacuated only when the remaining railroad was cut. The fort was named for Major General W.H.T. Walker, who was killed in the Battle of Atlanta.

Atlanta, Georgia · United States