- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Lt. General Leonidas Polk Killed at Pine Mountain historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Cobb County
Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Stilesboro Rd. opposite Pine Mountain Circle
Text of marker: "LT. GEN. LEONIDAS POLK KILLED AT PINE MOUNTAIN. The wooded knob W. was a fortified outpost, 1.25 miles north of Johnston's intrenched line from Lost to Brushy Mountains, June 5-15, 1864. Pine Mountain was held by Bate's division of Hardee's A. C., 5th Co. Washington Artillery of N. Orleans & Lt. R. T. Beauregard's S. Carolina Battery. June 14. While observing Federal lines with Generals Johnston and Hardee, General Polk was killed by a shell from a Federal battery - identity of which is not certain. The outpost was abandoned the next day and withdrawn to the main line. 033-23 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1982" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_lt.-general-leonidas-polk-killed-at-pine-mountain
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_lt
- 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:
-
