Site: The Pope House

Opposite to and north of here stood a two-story white house, said to have been the residence of the Widow Pope, that figured prominently in this sector of the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864. As Manigault's brigade 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.

Atlanta, Georgia · United States