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Peachtree Creek is an important part of the area history. Fort Peachtree was built near the creek and the Chattahoochee River to guard against the Cherokee, who were in the Cherokee County territory northwest of the river. Depiction of the Battle of Peachtree Creek by Adolph Metzner. During the American Civil War, the Battle of Peachtree Creek ...
The Battle of Peachtree Creek was fought in Georgia on July 20, 1864, as part of the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War. [3] It was the first major attack by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood since taking command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. [4]
The Peachtree Creek Greenway trail is a multi-use trail under construction along the North Fork Peachtree Creek in and near Atlanta, Georgia, United States, which will traverse the cities of Atlanta, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Doraville and parts of unincorporated Dekalb County.
People toss buckets of water out of a home as the streets and homes are flooded near Peachtree Creek after hurricane Helene brought in heavy rains overnight on September 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Situated on the North Fork of Utoy Creek, the Grist mill was in operation in 1850. Union troops of the US XIV Corps, Johnson's Division, crossed the mill pond on August 3, 1864, in an attempt to break the Confederate defenses at Utoy Creek, GA. The Herring House was used as a headquarters by General Sherman on August 3–4, 1864.
Standing Peachtree was a Muscogee village and the closest Indian settlement to what is now the Buckhead area of Atlanta, Georgia. It was located where Peachtree Creek flows into the Chattahoochee River, in today's Paces neighborhood. [1] It was located in the borderlands of the Cherokee and Muscogee nations. It is referred to in several ...
2nd Georgia Sharpshooters Battalion: Maj Richard H. Whiteley; ... The Battle of Peachtree Creek Plaque 2 - Forces Engaged Archived 2015-09-19 at the Wayback Machine
Camp Creek; Sweetwater Creek. Noses Creek; Peachtree Creek. Nancy Creek; North Fork Peachtree Creek Henderson Mill Creek; South Fork Peachtree Creek; Sope Creek. Sewell Mill Creek; Willeo Creek; Vickery Creek (Big Creek tributary) Hog Wallow Creek; Foe Killer Creek; Crooked Creek; Johns Creek (Chattahoochee River tributary) Chestatee River ...