On July 20, 1864, Ward’s 20th A.C. division crossed Peachtree Creek a short distance downstream, leaving the artillery on the north side because of difficult terrain south of the creek. Moving southwest, it occupied the section between Geary’s division west of Collier’s Mill and the right of Newton’s 4th A.C. division astride Peachtree Road at the hilltop on this side of Collier Road. This completed the Federal alignment between Clear Creek on the east and Howell Mill Road on the west, against which Hood launched his attack at 3:30 P.M. in the Battle of Peachtree Creek, the first of his sorties from Atlanta.