- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Military Action at Gilgal Church historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Cobb County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Due West Rd. just W. of Acworth/Kennesaw Due West Rds.
Text of marker: "MILITARY ACTION AT GILGAL CHURCH. On 15 June 1864 Daniel Butterfield's division of Joseph Hooker's XX Army Corps approached this point via the Sandtown Road (Acworth-Due West Rd.) intending to attack Cleburne's Confederates entrenched here at the Burnt Hickory and Sandtown roads intersection. Due to strong resistance by Cleburne's skirmishers and arrival of night-fall, Butterfield's effort here at Gilgal Church diminished to a probing action. Planned as a coordinated mile wide attack by three 5000 man divisions (Butterfield's, Geary's and William's), on a front extending from Gilgal eastward to Pine Knob, it hoped to break the undermanned Confederate battle line forcing a retreat. A failed attempt, this Federal attack on 15 June resulted in over 550 casualties in Geary's division at Pine Knob and nearly 200 of Butterfield's here at Gilgal Church." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_military-action-at-gilgal-church
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_military-action-at-gilgal-church
- 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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