Year Erected: 1956

*Marker Text: August 31, 1864. At the close of the 1st day of battle at Jonesboro, Hood (in Atlanta) with no knowledge of the battle, ordered Lee to withdraw his troops to the city to meet a suppositious attack by Federals at East Point. That left Hardee's command [CSA] (one corps) to hold Jonesboro against six Federal corps.
Sept. 1. Lee's troops moved north at 2 A.M., but they were halted at the Lillis Brown farm west of here, on South River ~ 6 miles from Atlanta. The defeat of Hardee at Jonesboro (Aug. 31st) forced the evacuation of Atlanta by Stewart's A.C. whereupon Lee's troops moved back southward, via Stockbridge, to Lovejoy's Station.

*Marker not in place due to damage or maintenance.