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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29ED_alexander-stephens-clay_Marietta-GA.html
Alexander Stephens ClayCitizen, lawyer, statesman,Born on a Cobb County farmSept. 25, 1853; Died a member of theUnited States SenateNov. 13, 1910. His life was largely given to the service of his people - as Councilman of his home city. Representa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29BF_a-national-cemetery-system_Marietta-GA.html
Civil War DeadAn estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. This p…
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Marietta National CemeteryAtlanta CampaignDuring the Civil War, the fight for Atlanta began in early May 1864 in north Georgia. It ended when Union troops marched into the state capital on September 2. Over four months, Union and Confederate armie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23FG_william-root-house_Marietta-GA.html
Circa 1845
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3E_u-d-c-confederate-soldiers-monument_Marietta-GA.html
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
Southern state, who
fell on Geor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3D_wisconsin-soldiers-memorial_Marietta-GA.html
(front)
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 Battery Light…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L4T_tribute-to-georgian-generals_Marietta-GA.html
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 Whe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JK9_dueling-cannons_Marietta-GA.html
On June 19, Capt. Charles L. Lumsden's Alabama battery on Big Kennesaw Mountain hit a railroad water tower, "scatting both water and nearby Yankees" — lucky shooting for smoothbore Napoleon cannon. But after the Confederates fired at the 1st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JK8_atlanta-prize-of-war_Marietta-GA.html
Sherman aimed for the South's manufacturing and railroad hub.
Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman had two objectives during his Georgia campaign of 1864; defeat the Confederate army, and damage the South's war arsenals. By capturing Atlanta, he …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JK6_the-atlanta-campaign_Marietta-GA.html
Sherman marched south to fight the Confederate army and seize its supply center.
In May 1864, Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman led his 100,000-man army from Chattanooga, Tennessee, into Georgia. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's 65,000 troops dug in …