Site: Colley House Hood’s H’dq’rs Marker

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Near Hiram in Paulding County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Site: Colley House Hood’s H’dq’rs

By David Seibert, July 4, 2009

1. Site: Colley House Hood’s H’dq’rs Marker

Inscription. Oct. 3-6, 1864. Lt. Gen. John B. Hood [CS] had h'dq'rs at the Colley house which stood 500 ft. N. of this marker.

Hood, enroute with his army to Tennessee, after the fall of Atlanta, marked time in this vicinity while Stewart’s A. C. wrecked the State R. R. between Marietta & the Etowah River -- a noted episode being French’s [CS] attempt to capture the Federal garrison at Allatoona - Oct. 5.

Oct. 6, Hood’s forces resumed march to Dallas, Van Wert, Cedartown, Cave Spring, -- to battle and defeat at Nashville.

Erected 1953 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 110-23.)

Location. 33° 54.51′ N, 84° 44.757′ W. Marker is near Hiram, Georgia, in Paulding County. Marker is at the intersection of Macland Road (Georgia Route 360) and Maxwell Road, on the right when traveling east on Macland Road. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hiram GA 30141, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. George Darby House Cleburne’s H’dq’rs. (approx. 0.3 miles away); Henry Lester House (approx. 1.3 miles away); Polk’s Corps at Dallas and New Hope Church (approx. 1.9 miles away); The Hiram Rosenwald School (approx. 2.1 miles away); Lost Mountain Cross-Roads (approx. 3.3 miles away); Johnston's Headquarters (approx. 3.7 miles away); Hardee's Corps at Powder Springs (approx. 3.9 miles away); Polk’s March to Lost Mountain (approx. 4.2 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Hiram.