Kennesaw in Cobb County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Climax at Cheatham Hill
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, October 11, 2008
1. Climax at Cheatham Hill Marker
Confederate defenders here defeated the main Union assault.
On June 27, 1864, more than 8,000 Union infantrymen attacked an equal number of well-entrenched Confederates along this low-lying hill. One Tennessee veteran compared the assault to “ocean waves driven by a hurricane sweeping on as if by a irresistible impulse.”
The Confederates repulsed the first federal charge. While attempting to rally his eight Union regiments, 27 year old Brig. Gen. Charles G. Harker was shot off his white horse. Although one Federal brigade reached the Confederate lines Ό mile to your right, Union troops soon retreated in disarray.
About Ό mile to the left, two other Union brigades charged toward an angle in the Confederate defenses. This trail follows the Confederate earthworks in the area that both sides later named “The Dead Angle.”
Captions: Brig. Gen. Charles G. Harker, USA, fell mortally wounded nearby while yelling, “Come one, boys!” to his troops.
Confederates under Maj. Gen. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, CSA, grimly defended the hill that would eventually bear his name.
Erected by Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, National Park Service.
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Location. 33° 56.181′ N, 84° 35.823′ W. Marker is in Kennesaw, Georgia, in Cobb County. It can be reached from Cheatam Hill Drive SW 0.6 miles south of Dallas Road SW (Georgia Route 120), on the right when traveling south. Located in Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marietta GA 30064, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont and in Metro Atlanta. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds 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 least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Camouflaged Cannons (a few steps from this marker); Remembering the Fallen (a few steps from this marker); Field Fortifications (within shouting distance of this marker); They Who Fell Here (within shouting distance of this marker); C. H. Coffey (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Dead Angle (about 700 feet away); Colonel Dan (about 700 feet away); Union Tunnel (about 800 feet away).
Also see . . . Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. National Park Service (Submitted on August 19, 2015.)
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, October 11, 2008
2. Climax at Cheatham Hill Marker Map
Photographed by Brandon Fletcher, October 17, 2008
3. Climax at Cheatham Hill Marker
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Credits. This page was last revised on May 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,205 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 19, 2015, by Brandon Fletcher of Chattanooga, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
