- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- House - Site Thomas V.B. Hargis historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bartow County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bartow County, Kingston, 34.23704, -84.94411
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Main Street in Kingston
Text of marker: "HOUSE - SITE THOMAS V.B. HARGIS. Major Gen. W.T. Sherman's Headquarters May 19-23, 1864. Sherman occupied the Hargis house for three days of reorganization of forces in the campaign that ended at Atlanta. Assuming the Johnston's army had moved, from Adairsville, directly on Kingston & the river crossings S., May 18, led Sherman to concentrate his forces here -- only to discover that Johnston had gone directly to Cassville where, without making a stand, he retreated to Allatoona, May 20th. Sherman countered May 23, by moving due S. 008-35 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_house-site-thomas-v.b.-hargis
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_house-site-thomas-vb
- 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:
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