Clayton house today
Railroad cut today. The paved road is the actual railroad bed. To the left of the picture would have been the storage buildings and water tower.
The wagon road today.
Wagon road today.
Part of the military service road today.
Eastern redoubt today.
Eastern redoubt.
Union trenches.
Looking down into the railroad cut.
Standing in the railroad cut on the old railroad bed.
Confederate troops assaulted up this ravine to the star fort behind me and to my left.
Confederate troops assaulted from the right and straight ahead of where I'm standing. Rowett's redoubt is about 200 yards straight ahead and to the right slightly, today it's on private property.
Entering the star fort through the sally port.
The sally port is straight ahead.
Inside the star fort looking out through the sally port at where the two soldiers are standing in the previous photo.
Inside the star fort, entrance is behind me.
Inside the star fort.
Looking outside of the star fort, the confederate attack came from this area and to my right, Rowett's redoubt was straight ahead and to the right slightly.
Confederates attacked up this ravine to the star fort.
View inside the star fort.
In this picture looking south from the star fort you can see the Clayton house in the bottom right, the storage building's bottom left, and just about where the big tree is center bottom is where the parking lot is today. The area behind where the storage buildings are is now part of present-day Lake Allatoona and a portion of the area where the confederates attacked is now under water. This view is looking from the backside of the star fort.
Looking south out of the railroad cut, the storage buildings would have been straight ahead on the left. Stop and think about this, every train carrying soldiers, supplies, cannons, anything heading south to or north from Atlanta passed through this pass including the World War II years. The tracks were diverted in the late 40's for the construction of lake Allatoona.
Standing where the tracks would have been looking south. My truck is straight ahead and would have been parked on the tracks. The earthen dam to the left is lake Allatoona, the storage buildings were in this area, the Clayton house is to the right out of the picture.
Clayton house today. I hope some find this interesting. The battlefield is only a few miles off interstate 75 in Emerson Georgia. Expect some strenous walking and climbing stairs. Standing in the star fort it's hard to image 700 soldiers crowded into it. One has to envision a scene and area void of trees for hundreds of yards around the fort. Thanks for looking.
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