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Polk's Corps [CS] having held the sector centering on Lost Mountain, June 5-9, was withdrawn E., leaving Gen.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…
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The greatest friend Univ. of Ga. ever had" began his academic career in Marietta: principal, Supt. City Schools 1892-1903. At Georgia (1903-1945) promoted academics and sports: Faculty chrm. athletics from 1908; first head School of Journalism in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB3R_confederate-cemetery_Marietta-GA.html
3,000 Confederate dead from every southern state are buried in this cemetery. First established for [CS] soldiers killed in a railroad collision in 1863, it became the resting place for dead from nearby battlefields. In 1866, under the direction o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB0K_battle-of-kolbs-farm_Marietta-GA.html
Hascall's (2d) Div. 23d A.C., Union, via Manning's Mill, reached Kolb's schoolhouse (site of Mt. Zion Ch.) 2 p.m. & joined its left to right of Williams' (1st) Div., 20th A.C. [US] at the McAdoo - Oatman house on Powder Springs Rd.
Hascall pla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB05_federal-troops-occupy-marietta-1864_Marietta-GA.html
The 23d A.C. [US] seized a position at Moss' house (at Floyd Station), lower Sandtown Rd., July 1 — nearer Chattahoochee River than Johnston's Kennesaw line [CS], whereupon he withdrew his army, via Marietta, to his Smyrna - Ruff's Mill line…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAYB_powers-ferry_Marietta-GA.html
Established 1835 by James Power, (1790-1870).
Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard's 4th A. C. (Army of the Cumberland) [US], moved from Vining's station to this vicinity July 9, 10, 1864. Newton's (2d) div. was diverted to Roswell to support Garrard's cav. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAY8_the-river-patrol-cochrans-ford_Marietta-GA.html
Pending Federal crossings of the Chattahoochee, Gen. E. M. McCook's cav. div. [US] screened 4th and 23d Corps movements to fords and ferries in this vicinity, July 6, 15, 1864.
July 7, Brownlow's 1st Tennessee reg't., Dorr's brigade (McCook's c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMATB_leo-frank-lynching_Marietta-GA.html
Near this location on August 17, 1915, Leo M. Frank, the Jewish superintendent of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta, was lynched for the murder of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory employee. A highly controversial trial fueled by socie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAT8_mary-phagan_Marietta-GA.html
Celebrated in song as "Little Mary Phagan" after her murder at age 13 on April 26, 1913 in Atlanta. The trial and conviction of Leo Frank were controversial, as was the commutation of his death sentence four days before Confederate Veterans marked…
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This memorial to Mary Annie Gartrell (1853-1906) was erected by her grieving sister Lucy (1863-1954). Musicians both and natives of Cobb County, Lucy visited this grave from her Atlanta home at least twice-weekly for 48 years, many times on foot. …