- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Summers House 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, Kennesaw, 34.02343, -84.61549
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 293 about 1 mile south of Kennesaw
Text of marker: "SUMMERS HOUSE. Ante-bellum res. of Thomas F. Summers (1812 - 1883), a land-mark of the advance of the left wing of Federal forces upon Confederate positions on & near Kennesaw Mtn. - June 1864. June 9. Garrard's cav. [US] (dismounted), forced withdrawal of Benton's Mississippi Brigade [CS] from positions N. of Big Shanty, to a line at the Summers house - later, to one several hundred yds. S. at the Roberts farm. This latter line became the 1st position of McPherson's 15th, 16th & 17th Corps [US] which were later shifted S. to the Brushy Mtn. line. From June 9 to July 3, 25 dys., Federal & Confederate forces battled on a ten-mile front. 033-46 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_summers-house
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_summers-house
- 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:
-
