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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFE_battle-of-allatoona_Cartersville-GA.html
After the fall of Atlanta, hoping Sherman would follow, Hood moved his Confederate army north, sending French's Division to fill the railroad cut at Allatoona, and burn the railroad bridge over the Etowah River, to hamper Sherman's movement.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEBV_home-of-sam-p-jones_Cartersville-GA.html
Sam P. Jones was born October 16, 1847, in Oak Bowery, Alabama; he moved to Cartersville with his parents in 1856. After his admission to the Georgia Bar in 1868 he married Laura McElwain. In 1872 he was licensed as a Methodist Minister. His natio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEBH_pierce-manning-butler-young-1836-1896_Cartersville-GA.html
PMB Young was born in Spartanburg, S.C., on November 15, 1836. His parents were Dr. Robert Maxwell and Elizabeth Caroline (Jones) Young. The Young family came to Georgia in 1839. He graduated from Georgia Military Institute at Marietta in 1856; st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEBG_pettit-creek_Cartersville-GA.html
Johnston's forces [CS] retreated southward from Cassville along this road, to Allatoona Mountains, south of the Etowah, May 20, 1864.
They were immediately followed by Schofield's 23d Corps, [US] which encamped in this vicinity. While here, tro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEBE_railroad-block-house_Acworth-GA.html
On Allatoona Creek in this vicinity, a Federal block-house, guarding State R.R. bridge, was garrisoned by Companies E, F, and I, of the 18th Wisconsin Regt.
Oct. 5, 1864, while retreating from Allatoona, 2 mi. N., French's Div. of Stewart's A.C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD65_adairsville-georgia_Adairsville-GA.html
Adairsville had its beginning in Oothcaloga Valley, two miles north of the present site. It was named for Cherokee Indian Chief John Adair, the son of a Scottish trader and a Cherokee Princess.Adairsville moved in 1848 to Adair Station (establishe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA1M_gen-leonidas-polks-headquarters_Cartersville-GA.html
The William Neal McKelvey residence - 1864. A Council of War held here May 19, discussed the advisability of holding the position E. & S. of Cassville by the Confederate army. Present were: Gen. Joseph E. Johnston; Lt. Gen. Polk; Lt. Gen. John B. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA1J_historic-mckelvey-house_Cartersville-GA.html
Here the night of May 19, 1864, the Confederate Generals Joe Johnston, Leonidas Polk and John B. Hood, held a conference, the results of which caused the Confederates to abandon Cassville and to move south of the Etowah. Although Johnston intended…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM92T_unknown-confederate-dead_Kingston-GA.html
Here sleep, known but to God, 250 Confederate and two Federal soldiers, most of whom died of wounds, disease and sickness in the Confederate hospitals located here - 1862-1864.
These men were wounded in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM92R_confederate-dead_Cartersville-GA.html
In this cemetery are buried about 300 unknown Confederate soldiers who died of wounds or disease in the several Confederate hospitals located in Cassville. These hospitals operated from late 1861 until May 18, 1864, then moved south out of the pat…