McPherson's Last Ride

On July 22, 1864, when Gen. McPherson heard firing to the southeast while at luncheon at Whiteford Avenue at the railroad, he mounted his horse and, after sending away most of his staff on various missions, galloped south to this hill. Here he observed Dodge's 16th A.C. troops in desperate combat with Bates's and Walker's divisions in the Sugar Creek valley. Anxious about the left of the 17th A.C. at Glenwood and Flat Shoals, he proceeded on a road through the pines in that direction, accompanied by an orderly and Signal Officer Wm. Sherfy, who reluctantly followed after vainly warning the general that Confederate troops had seized the road.

Atlanta, Georgia · United States