Tag: Cleburne’s Division

August 7th, 1864

August 7th, 1864:

On the morning of the seventh, the Federals again began to advance on the entrenched Confederates south of Utoy Creek.  They encountered no resistance and found the Confederate works empty.  Bate’s Division was withdrawn from the lines overnight and took their place in the line of defensive works, that stretched from the defensive perimeter around Atlanta, to the southwest in order to protect the railroads in East Point.   Bate’s takes his place between Clayton’s Division on his right (north) and Clerburne’s Division to his left (south).

Sherman, who is displeased with the failure of the movement toward East Point, decides to lay siege to Atlanta and will do his best to run the Confederates out of the city.  He begins to shell the city and considers the city itself as a military target even though there are still civilians within the city.  Many have evacuated, but several thousand have no where to go or have decided to wait it out.

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During the night of August the 6th, Bate(CS), withdrew his Division back to the original lines that had been established to block the Federal movement on East Point.  Bate was aligned with Clayton’s Division(CS) on his right and Cleburne’s Division(CS) on his left.  Here, along this low ridge split by Connally Road, was the far left of the Confederate line manned by elements of Cleburne’s Division(CS).  This ridge line overlooks one of the many forks on the southern side of Utoy Creek.
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Remains of a Confederate trench lie beneath these fallen trees in the woods of Greenwood Cemetery.  As Bate(CS) retired back to the original lines, Clayton’s Division9CS) was here on his right with his lines moving north and east back to Atlanta’s inner defenses.
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English Ivy covers part of the Confederate works that remain in John A. White Park.  These works were staffed by Clayton’s Division(CS).