Near Old Alltatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
On this site stood a wood frame "dog-trot" style house that served as the regimental headquarters for the 4th Minnesota Regiment, the permanent Federal garrison at Allatoona under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John E. Tourtellotte.
Here . . . — — Map (db m87376) HM
Near Old Allatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
On the morning of October 5, 1864, following a two hour bombardment from Major John D. Myrick's Confederate artillery on Moore's Hill located 1,200 yards to the south, Confederate Major General Samuel G. French sent his adjutant, Major David W. . . . — — Map (db m193681) HM
On Old Allatoona Road, 0.2 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road, on the left when traveling east.
Allatoona was in pioneer days a travel hub, because ridges from east and south met here where it was fairly easy to cross the Allatoona Mountain range by winding over a low ridge, or pass.
The Sandtown or Tennessee Road from the south, and the . . . — — Map (db m13843) HM
On Old Allatoona Road SE, 2.9 miles east of Interstate 75.
The Western & Atlantic Railroad, running from
Chattanooga to Atlanta, “winds Southeasterly among
the hills, and...penetrates a minor ridge and emerges
from a cut” recalled a Federal officer. The ruggedness of
Allatoona Pass . . . — — Map (db m142914) HM
Near Old Alltatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
By 11:00 a.m., after overrunning Rowett's Redoubt, the Confederate attack swept up this hill from the west and the north, forcing the Federals to retreat inside the Star Fort. As the last of the fleeing Federals entered the fort, a three-inch . . . — — Map (db m87383) HM
On Old Allatoona Road, 0.2 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road, on the left when traveling east.
After artillery firing and repeated assaults by French's troops, [CS] the Federals made a final stand in the star fort W. of rock cut. Failing to dislodge
the defenders, French retreated to New Hope Church in Paulding County. French's division . . . — — Map (db m13936) HM
Near Old Alltatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE when traveling north.
"A shout of triumph rolled over those fields … Men grasped hands and shouted … and embraced each other. The wounded joined in the delirium of rejoicing. The dying looked to the Flag, still proudly floating above these hills…" History of . . . — — Map (db m87386) HM
Near Old Alltatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
During the night of October 4, Federal troops anxiously awaited in their defenses for the attack they knew would come.
Harvey M. Trimble at the 93rd Illinois Regiment recalled:
"That night the command slept under arms. All knew that . . . — — Map (db m87379) HM
Near Old Alltatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
Local families once recalled that a few days after the battle, a wooden box addressed "Allatoona, Georgia" arrived at the station with no information as to its origin. Six local women found a deceased Confederate soldier in the box and buried . . . — — Map (db m87382) HM
Near Old Allatoona Road, 0.2 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road.
They Died so that our Nation Might Live 39th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Brigadier General John Corse of Iowa commanded victorious Federal forces at Allatoona Pass October 5, 1864 Reverse: 39th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Fallen soldiers at . . . — — Map (db m240086) HM WM
Near Old Alltatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
The Federal defenses at Allatoona included a military service road that crossed the Tennessee Wagon Road at this point. The military road connected the fortified positions at the Eastern Redoubt on the right side with positions closer to the . . . — — Map (db m87373) HM
Near Old Allatoona Road SE, 2.9 miles east of Interstate 75.
The Federal defense at Allatoona included a military
service road that crossed the Tennessee Wagon
Road-noted by a star on the map. The Military Service
Road connected the fortified positions of the Eastern
Redoubt to the headquarters of the 4th . . . — — Map (db m142956) HM
Near Old Allatoona Road SE, 2.9 miles east of Interstate 75, on the left when traveling south.
The Tennessee Wagon Road was a heavily traveled route that
passed through the Allatoona Mountain Range. It traversed
north to Chattanooga and south to Sandtown, which was
located on the Chattahoochee River just west of Atlanta. As it
ran south . . . — — Map (db m143025) HM
Near Old Alltatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
The Allatoona Mountain range is the southernmost spur of the Appalachian Mountains. Years before the war, Lieutenant William T. Sherman spent time surveying this area for the U.S. Army; therefore, he understood the formidable military defense . . . — — Map (db m87374) HM
Near Old Allatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
Allatoona Pass is the site of a significant and bloody Civil War battle that took place after the fall of Atlanta in September 1864. With no city to defend, the Confederate Army retreated from Atlanta and began a new tactic of attacking Federal . . . — — Map (db m87341) HM
Near Old Alltatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
At this approximate location stood the Crow's Nest, a sixty-foot tall Georgia Pine surmounted by a signal platform. Before and after the battle, information to General Sherman was sent by signal flag communication from this platform to signal . . . — — Map (db m87378) HM
Near Old Alltatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
The immediate level, directly below the top, is a berm or shoulder excavated to prevent earth from falling into the cut and blocking the tracks and corresponds to the top of the rock strata. Beyond this berm, the Western and Atlantic Railroad . . . — — Map (db m87372) HM
Near Old Alltatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
The eastern redoubt was constructed with six-foot tall earth parapets and a six-foot deep ditch surrounding the fort on all sides. Gun embrasures allowed cannon to be fired at the enemy from this defensive position. Under the command of . . . — — Map (db m87377) HM
On Old Alltatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
At this point, a crude wooden bridge spanned the cut about 90 feet above the railroad tracks. It was constructed by felling two pine trees across the cut, planking over them and adding a handrail. During the battle, Private Edwin R. Fullington . . . — — Map (db m87380) HM
Near Old Allatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
This battlefield, along with its memorial ground, is dedicated to the Union and Confederate forces that fought here on October 5, 1864. During the battle, units representing five Union states and six Confederate states were present. Most of the . . . — — Map (db m87346) HM
Near Old Allatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
Chartered by the State of Georgia in 1837, workmen completed the Western & Atlantic Railroad in 1850 over a winding 137-mile route from Atlanta, Georgia, to Chattanooga, Tennessee. At Allatoona, massive quantities of earth and stone were removed . . . — — Map (db m87344) HM
Near Old Allatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles north of Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right.
In 1866, George N. Barnard photographed Allatoona looking north from approximately the same location as this marker. The Western & Atlantic Railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga penetrated the Allatoona Mountain range at this point through a 175 . . . — — Map (db m87338) HM
Near Old Allatoona Road SE, 0.4 miles Allatoona Landing Road SE, on the right when traveling north.
The Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites, Redtop Mountain State Park, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Friends of Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites, and the Etowah Valley Historical Society welcome you to Allatoona Pass Battlefield. . . . — — Map (db m87340) HM