- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Battle of New Hope Church historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Paulding County
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Paulding County, New Hope, 33.95816, -84.78938
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 381 at New Hope Church in New Hope
Text of marker: "BATTLE OF NEW HOPE CHURCH. Lt. Gen. J. B. Hood's A.C. [Confed.], having marched from the Etowah River, reached New Hope Ch., May 25, 1864, in time to halt Gen. J. W. Geary's (2d) div., 20th A.C. [Union], which had detoured near Owens' Mill enroute to Dallas by New Hope. Checked by Hood's outposts near the mill, the Federals advanced & struck Stewart's div. [Confed.] astride the road at this point - the left brigade (Stovall's) in the cemetery, with no intrenchments. Followed then several hours of bitter conflict - late afternoon & night - in rain & thunderstorm. Battle renewed next day. 110-28B GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_battle-of-new-hope-church
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_battle-of-new-hope-church
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
