This marks the starting point of Col. Dan McCook's 3rd Brigade 2nd Division 14th Army Corps in the assault on the Confederate works to the east on the morning of June 27th 1864. — — Map (db m193684) HM
Union Major General George H. Thomas had a hard decision to make here at his headquarters in the early afternoon of June 27, 1864. Frustrated that the Confederates had foiled Federal attacks that morning, Major General William T. Sherman prodded . . . — — Map (db m243665) HM
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Aerial Photo of Civilian Conservation Camp at Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Example of Tool House Interior at Kennesaw Mountain CCC camp — — Map (db m242652) HM
As Sherman approached the Kennesaw
line, Hood's Corps struck his right on
June 22 at Kolb Farm. The Federals,
warned, repulsed Hood with a loss of
1,000 men. Sherman decided to assault
and cut the Southern center at Cheatham
Hill and Little . . . — — Map (db m15475) HM
In Tribute
To the 14 Georgians who were Generals
Of the Confederate States Army
In the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
June 27, 1864
Lt. Gen. William Joseph Hardee • Maj. Gen. William Henry Talbot Walker • Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler • . . . — — Map (db m84441) WM
Front:
To our
Confederate Dead.
Erected and
dedicated by
Kennesaw Chapter
United Daughters
of the
Confederacy,
Marietta, Georgia.
1908.
Right:
To the
3000 soldiers in this
cemetery, from every . . . — — Map (db m87441) WM
The Kennesaw Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy was organized July 29, 1898, in the parlors of the Kennesaw House on the second floor corner nearest the railroad station. Mrs. R. L. Nesbitt was elected the first president. There were forty . . . — — Map (db m1665) HM
On June 27, 1864, Austin Gilmore of Tennessee fell, mortally wounded, in ferocious fighting near this wide field. But Gilmore held no military rank and no rifle. He held only a stretcher bearing a wounded soldier. An American of African descent, . . . — — Map (db m243772) HM
On and off for 10 days, four Union six-gun batteries on this ridge bombarded Confederates entrenched on the even higher ground of Little Kennesaw and Pigeon Hill. Though the Federals had to fire uphill, they were using rifled cannon—a new, more . . . — — Map (db m241290) HM
In May, 1864 Sherman with 100,000 men
drove into north Georgia hoping to
destroy Johnston's army of 50,000 and
lay waste vital railroads and factories.
Sherman attacked at Dalton, Resaca,
Cassville and New Hope Church. These
attacks were . . . — — Map (db m15465) HM
About 200 young men once camped in this field — not as soldiers, but as civilians working to preserve the earthworks and build Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. As part of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a federal employment program . . . — — Map (db m242653) HM
Beloved merchant, druggist, and Episcopalian, he helped found St. James in 1842; in 1844 he built his home across from the church. His 1845 drug store on the square was a town social center. The Root home, one of the oldest wooden houses, and a good . . . — — Map (db m17193) HM
This house was constructed for local merchant and druggist William Root and
his wife Hannah in 1845. It was originally located on the corner of Church
and Lemon Streets. Their extended family of eleven and four enslaved persons
resided on the . . . — — Map (db m227639) HM
Welcome to the William Root House, one of the oldest homes remaining in the Atlanta area! The home of the Root family from 1845 to 1886, the Root House is more typical of its time and place than the columned mansions popularized by Gone With the . . . — — Map (db m227648) HM
Wisconsin
Dedicated to the memory of
Wisconsin Soldiers
who gave their lives
in defense of the Union in
1861 - 1865
Four hundred and five
belonging to the following regiments
are buried here
1st Cavalry
5th . . . — — Map (db m87442) WM
The house atop hill was one of the few battle-field houses surviving military operations of the Kennesaw Campaign.
McAdoo ownership was Jan. 6, 1863-Feb. 3, 1864. Here, Oct. 31, 1863 was born the Hon. Wm. G. McAdoo. Secy. of the Treasury, . . . — — Map (db m8482) HM
Polk’s Corps [CS] having held the sector centering on Lost Mountain, June 5-9, was withdrawn E., leaving Gen. W.H. Jackson’s Cav. Div. [CS] to hold the vacated line. On the 17th, Johnston [CS] shifted his left flank E. to Mud Creek; during this . . . — — Map (db m17029) HM
May 23, 1864. Lt. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee’s A. C. [CS] marched from Stegall's Station (Emerson), and Etowah River, via New Hope Ch., reaching Powder
Springs afternoon of the 24th. The corps made this march in advance of Johnston’s forces [CS] to find . . . — — Map (db m20425) HM
The palisade was interrupted at this point for an artillery redan, an earth structure designed to protect two cannons. The lower sections in the wall of the redan indicate where the muzzle of each gun would protrude. Of the three dozen or so . . . — — Map (db m168272) HM
July 4, 1864. Early a.m., Brig. Gen. John Fuller’s brigade, 4th div., 16th A. C. [US], moved 1 mi. E. from the Nickajack Cr. Bridge, Concord Rd., to ascertain the strength of Hood’s A. C. [CS]. Finding it strongly posted, Fuller returned to Ruff’s . . . — — Map (db m19603) HM
July 3, 1864. Gen. J. E. Johnston's army (CS) withdrew from Kennesaw Mtn. & occupied a double line of field-works which crossed the R. R. at old Smyrna Camp Ground, facing N. W. Loring's A. C. was on the rt. (N. E. of R. R.); Hardee's, at center; . . . — — Map (db m5951) HM
Founded circa 1850, the original church was destroyed in 1864 by the Federal Army and rebuilt after the Civil War. The church, cemetery, and nearby spring carry the name of James A. Collins, an Atlanta pioneer, merchant, and local landowner. His . . . — — Map (db m33421) HM
The Concord Covered Bridge, constructed with the Queenpost design. was built in 1872 by Daniell and Ruff, who owned land and mills nearby. It replaced a bridge believed to have been built in the 1840's and destroyed during the Civil War. The Concord . . . — — Map (db m197630) HM
There may have been burials in this cemetery prior to 1848, however, this grave is the earliest one with an engraved headstone which shows a date. His daughter Mary, who died at approximately 17 years of age on March 14, 1858, is the second . . . — — Map (db m17088) HM
Before you are the earthen remnants of a Civil War fort of unique design. Upon seeing these forts, Confederate Major General G.W. Smith said that their designer — Brigadier General Francis Shoup — would become famous, and Smith called . . . — — Map (db m86991) HM
July 5, 1864. Gen. J.E. Johnston’s Army of Tenn. [CS] withdrew from the Smyrna-Ruff’s Mill line to formidable field-works which crossed the rd. at this point. The left of the line was at Nickajack Cr., 4.5 mi. S.W.; the rt. curved to the . . . — — Map (db m21494) HM
When Johnston’s forces [CS] withdrew from Kennesaw Mtn., July 3, 1864, they occupied a double line of field works extending from Smyrna S. W. to Nickajack Creek at Dodgen's Mill, more or less along this, the old Concord Road. Hood’s Corps held the . . . — — Map (db m19626) HM
From her birth home just across the railroad track on Gilbert Street, Mazie Whitfield Nelson watched the growth of downtown Smyrna from a village of less than 400 when she was born on New Year’s Day in 1890, to a community of over 20,000 when . . . — — Map (db m17089) HM
Again, you are standing behind a Shoupade. This fort faced slightly west of north. It was one of five Shoupades along Fort Drive, which derived its name from the existence of these forts.
For over five decades (1950s to early 2000s), this . . . — — Map (db m86997) HM
Within this park is the remnant of a unique fortification known as Johnston's River Line. In mid June 1864, the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Joseph E. Johnston was fighting in central Cobb County and about to withdraw to the . . . — — Map (db m86946) HM
Traditional history says this cemetery was established in 1838 by the Smyrna Methodist Church. However, Wylie Flannigan of Campbell County, Ga. took title to Land Lot 522 in which the cemetery is located, on July 1, 1843 after paying Georgia $5.00 . . . — — Map (db m17066) HM
Ulysses S. Grant was President of the U.S., and the South was still suffering from the effects of abusive Reconstruction when Smyrna was first incorporated August 23, 1872. One theory is that in the post-war era, citizens feared the town would . . . — — Map (db m17072) HM
S. on this rd., .8 mi. stands the ante-bellum residence of Alexander Eaton (1809-1905). July 3, 4, 5, 1864, the intrenched lines of Gen. John B. Hood’s A.C. [CS] extended along the rd. from the Gann Cem. to site of Cooper’s Lake. The Eaton house, . . . — — Map (db m29693) HM
Ante-bellum residence of Asbury Hargrove 1809 ~ 1879. Headquarters of Brig. Gen. Edward M. McCook, July 6 ~ 15, 1864.
McCook’s (1st) div. (Dorr’s & Lamson’s brigades), Elliott’s Cav. Corps (Army of the Cumberland) [US], was posted here to patrol . . . — — Map (db m33383) HM
Founded in Atlanta in 1940, United Distributors exemplifies the entrepreneurialism that characterized Georgia business during the twentieth century. With the repeal of prohibition in 1933, the Twenty-first Amendment delegated to each state the right . . . — — Map (db m108757) HM
Hardy Pace (1785-1864), operated the Chattahoochee River ferry at site of bridge where Pace’s Ferry rd. crosses. Federal forces occupied Vining’s Station, July 5-17, 1864, while preparing to cross at Pace’s & Power’s for the move on Atlanta. Gen. O. . . . — — Map (db m29944) HM
July 17, 1864. Palmer’s 14th and Hooker’s 20th A. C. [US] crossed to the Fulton Co. side of the river on two pontoon bridges. This passage was covered by Wood’s 4th A.C. div., which marched down Mt. Paran Rd. from Power’s Ferry, 3 mi. N.
To . . . — — Map (db m53668) HM
July 17, 1864. Palmer’s 14th and Hooker’s 20th A. C. [US] crossed to the Fulton Co. side of the river on two pontoon bridges. This passage was covered by Wood’s 4th A.C. div., which marched down Mt. Paran Rd. from Power’s Ferry, 3 mi. N. To divert . . . — — Map (db m53669) HM
June 5, 1864. When Johnston’s army [CS] withdrew from Smyrna to the river, Howard’s 4th A. C., and Baird's div. (14th A.C.), [US] via highway and R. R. occupied Vining’s. Baird’s troops kept on down the R. R. until halted by Johnston’s River Line. . . . — — Map (db m222213) HM
When the 4th A.C. reached the Chattahoochee July 5, attempts to cross were found impracticable because of Confederate opposition on the other side. Pending the crossing of the 23d A.C. at Soap Cr., July 8, the 4th A.C. marked time in trenches . . . — — Map (db m23191) HM
July 5, 1864. During Johnston’s retreat from Smyrna, a portion of his wagon-train detoured from the Atlanta-Marietta rd. via Vining’s Station to a pontoon bridge at Pace’s Ferry. Wheeler’s Cav. escorted the trains; when all were across, the bridge . . . — — Map (db m21534) HM
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