29. The McPHERSON MONUMENT, 

corner Monument and McPherson Aves., NE., a large cannon standing on end, marks the spot where the Union General James Birdseye McPherson lost his life at the hands of Confederate sharpshooters on July 22, 1864. The monument is encircled by an iron railing, and a bronze plaque relates the particulars of the incident.

Shortly after the battle began on the morning of July 22, General McPherson rode from the summit of Copenhill, Sherman's headquarters, to the Georgia Railroad tracks near what is now Candler Street. He then passed to the rear of his troops along Moreland Avenue en route to the main portion of his army that was stationed at Glenwood and Flat Shoals Avenues. Traversing a road cut through the forest, he galloped into the advancing line of General Cleburne's skirmishers and was shot from his horse. His body was recovered after a Confederate retreat, carried to Sherman's headquarters, and sent under escort to Clyde, Ohio, for burial.

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