On July 20, 1864, the right flank of Hood's old corps, commanded by Confederate General B.F. Cheatham, was posted on this ridge astride the Georgia Railroad. Before daylight on July 22, these troops were withdrawn to the city fortifications, and the vacated line was occupied by Logan's Union corps, which was reversed to face westward. General Morgan L. Smith's division centered at the railroad, with Lightburn's brigade posted between DeGress Avenue and Battery Place west of the Hurt house and Martin's south of it, separated by the railroad cut. During the Confederate assault on the afternoon of July 22, the lines of Lightburn's and Martin's brigades were broken at the Decatur Road and the railroad cut.