East Atlanta in DeKalb County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Hardee at Road Fork

Photographed by Felch Dumas, August 14, 2008

1. Hardee at Road Fork Marker

Inscription. July 22, 1864. Hardee’s A.C. (4 divs.), (CS) moving N. to the battlefield, was divided into two columns at this road fork: Clebourne’s and Maney’s took the W. fork leading to E. Atlanta; Walker’s and Bate’s, the E. fork or Fayetteville Rd., as did Wheeler’s Cav. enroute to Decatur to seize the wagon trains of McPherson’s Army of the Tenn.

Had Hardee continued on the Fayetteville Rd. to a point well in rear of Blair’s 17th A.C., he would have conformed with Hood’s explicit orders therefor. A lack of definite knowledge of Federal positions, maps and adequate guides in a forest wilderness, resulted in confusion and consequent misdirection of his troops.

Erected 1985 by Georgia Historic Marker. (Marker Number 044-56.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list. A significant historical date for this entry is July 22, 1864.

Location. 33° 43.169′ N, 84° 19.804′ W. Marker is near Atlanta, Georgia, in DeKalb County. It is in East Atlanta. It is at the intersection of Fayetteville Road and Bouldercrest Road, in the median on Fayetteville Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Atlanta GA 30316, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2

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miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Walker & Bate At Sugar Cr. (approx. 0.8 miles away); Cleburne's & Maney's Divs. (approx. 1.2 miles away); Hardee at Wm. Cobb’s House (approx. 1.2 miles away); Site: Cobb’s Mill (approx. 1.2 miles away); Terry's Mill Pond (approx. 1.4 miles away); Walker's Division In Sugar Creek Valley (approx. 1.4 miles away); Bate's Div. at Terry's Mill Pond (approx. 1.4 miles away); Death of General Walker (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Atlanta.

View up Bouldercrest Road towards Glenwood Avenue and Leggett's Hill image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Felch Dumas, August 14, 2008

2. View up Bouldercrest Road towards Glenwood Avenue and Leggett's Hill

Photographed by Felch Dumas, August 14, 2008

3. Hardee at Road Fork Marker

View down Fayetteville Road image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Felch Dumas, August 14, 2008

4. View down Fayetteville Road

Credits. This page was last revised on February 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 18, 2008, by Felch Dumas of Decatur, Georgia. This page has been viewed 1,619 times since then and 30 times this year. Last updated on April 4, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 18, 2008, by Felch Dumas of Decatur, Georgia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.