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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBK3_general-leonidas-polks-headquarters_Marietta-GA.html
After withdrawing his corps from Lost Mtn. June 9, Polk's H'dq'rs. [CS] were at the John Kirk house 1 mi. W. on this rd. June 10, h'dq'rs. were moved to Hardage house.
Sun. June 12. The Bishop-General read the church service (Episcopal) for hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBJO_gen-j-e-johnstons-headquarters_Marietta-GA.html
Cyrus York house-site; June 10-19, 1864. Johnston's forces [CS] moved from Paulding Co. to Kennesaw area, June 5, & occupied lines from Lost to Brushy Mtns. June 16: the left was withdrawn E. of Mud Creek. June 19: all forces shifted to mountain l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBE9_durham-house_Kennesaw-GA.html
H'dq'rs of Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird, commanding 3d Div., 14th A. C., Army of the Cumberland, [US] June 6-10, 1864.
Baird's, together with 1st and 2d divisions, were camped along Proctor's Cr., E. - a part of the concerted drive on Johnston's f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBE4_federals-halted-by-johnstons-river-line_Mableton-GA.html
July 5, 1864. Gresham's 4th div., on this rd. and Leggett's 3d (17th A. C.), with Stoneman's cav. [US] on Howell's Fy. Rd. S. of it, drove the Ga. Militia and Ross' cav. E. across Nickajack Cr. where they occupied the left of Johnston's River Line…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBAJ_battle-of-kolbs-farm-june-22-1864_Marietta-GA.html
A costly Confederate attack here stopped the Union army's attempt to bypass Kennesaw Mountain.
On June 22, 1864, Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston sent Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's 13,000 troops down Powder Springs Road to stop the Federal army'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB8F_william-root_Marietta-GA.html
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 go…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB8E_mccooks-brigade_Marietta-GA.html
E. on the ridge beyond the valley is the Illinois memorial to Col. Dan McCook's brigade, Davis' div., 14th A.C. [US]. It stands at an angle in breastworks of Cheatham's div., Hardee's A.C. [CS].
McCook's was 1 of 5 brigades designated to attemp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB81_gen-george-h-thomas-headquarters_Marietta-GA.html
In field west of rd., where right of 14th joined left of 20th corps [US].
From this point, June 27, Gen. Thomas [US] directed the assault of 5 brigades of 4th and 14th Corps, against Hardee's Corps [CS] posted on Cheatham's Hill, E., across val…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB7H_battle-of-kolbs-farm_Marietta-GA.html
The extension of the right wing of Federal forces S. of the Dallas Rd. threatening to outflank him, Johnston sent Hood's Corps [CS] from the right (E. of Kennesaw) to this, the extreme left, with directions to stop further Federal advances. Hood s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB5U_mazie-whitfield-nelson_Smyrna-GA.html
Marker Front: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,…