- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Cheatham Hill historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Cobb County
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 120 at Cheatham Hill Dr.
Text of marker: "CHEATHAM HILL. The intrenched line of the Confederate Army of Tenn., as of June 19-July 3, 1864, crossed the road here. This sector was held by Lt. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee's A.C. - the right of his line at Kennesaw Mtn., the left, from 1 to 2 miles southward of this point. June 27. Cheatham's & Cleburne's divs. withstood an assault by 5 Federal brigades - the spearhead of the attack directed toward a salient angle 3/4 mi. S., held by Vaughan's & Maney's brigades of Cheatham's division. The Illinois monument to McCook's brigade [US], erected in 1914, stands at the so-called "Dead Angle" of Cheatham's intrenched line. 033-55 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_cheatham-hill
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_cheatham-hill
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
