- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Pine Mountain 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--Campaigns - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, 33.94147, -84.57667
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located at the end of Beaumont Rd. at top of Pine Mountain
Text of marker: "PINE MOUNTAIN. June 10, 1864. The 4th A. C. moved from Mars Hill Ch. to position along this road facing S. toward Pine Mtn. - highest point between Lost &; Kennesaw Mtns. The 14th A. C. was on the left; the 20th on the right. Pine Mtn. was fortified and held as an outpost of the main Confederate line 1.25 miles S. - the line that extended from Lost Mtn. to Brush Mtn. - June 5-15. June 14. Generals Johnston, Hardee, &; Polk, while observing Federal lines from Pine Mtn., were fired on by 4th &; 20th Corps batteries, Gen. Leonidas Polk was killed by a shell. 033-24 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1978" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_pine-mountain
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_pine-mountain
- 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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