Clash at Kennesaw

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

— National Park Service —

Clash at Kennesaw Marker image. Click for full size.

Courtesy of Thomas P. Martin, February 16, 2017

1. Clash at Kennesaw Marker

Inscription.
This National Battlefield Park commemorates the Civil War battle fought here and the 1864 Atlanta Campaign.

June 27, 1864, dawned hot and muggy. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s 100,000-man Union army faced Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s 65,000 Confederates entrenched along an eight mile front from Kennesaw Mountain south. After an early morning artillery bombardment, a wave of Union solders surged forward across this field and the battle began.

Today the National Park Service maintains this park where Union and Confederate soldiers battled—from the feint attack here against Big Kennesaw Mountain to the major assaults on Pigeon Hill and Cheatham Hill. As you visit Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, help preserve its earthworks and historic landscape for future generations.

[Caption:]
“The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain,” (above) painted by Thure de Thulstrup, depicts Sherman’s feint against Big Kennesaw. Meanwhile assaults at Pigeon Hill and Cheatham Hill (map at left) tried to split the Confederate army.

Erected by National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.

Topics. This historical marker

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is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1508.

Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 33° 58.993′ N, 84° 34.701′ W. Marker was in Kennesaw, Georgia, in Cobb County. It could be reached from the intersection of Kennesaw Mountain Drive Northwest and Stilesboro Road Northwest, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located in front of the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Visitor Center. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, Kennesaw GA 30152, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Georgia’s Piedmont

and in Metro Atlanta.

It was also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it found itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 19, 2013

2. Clash at Kennesaw Marker

least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this location: A different marker also named Clash at Kennesaw (here, next to this marker); A Grim and Silent Kennesaw (a few steps from this marker); Lining Up for Death (within shouting distance of this marker); Eyes for the Armies (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Georgia Monument (about 600 feet away); Peachtree Trail (about 600 feet away); The Railroad War (approx. ¼ mile away); Digging in for Defense (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kennesaw.

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. New Marker At This Location also titled "Clash at Kennesaw".

Also see . . . Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. (Submitted on November 9, 2013.)

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 19, 2013

3. Clash at Kennesaw Marker

Visitor Center shown in the background

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 19, 2013

4. Clash at Kennesaw Marker

Photo taken inside the Visitor Center

Photographed by Don Morfe, September 19, 2013

5. Clash at Kennesaw Marker

Photo taken inside the Visitor Center

Credits. This page was last revised on June 2, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,565 times since then and 48 times this year. Last updated on May 31, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. Photos: 1. submitted on April 29, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on November 8, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.