- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- The Federal Attack on Hood's Corps historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Paulding County
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Battlefields - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Paulding County, 33.92055, -84.86729
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Cemetery across Ga. 381 from New Hope Baptist Church
Text of marker: "THE FEDERAL ATTACK ON HOOD'S CORPS. May 25, 1864. Brig. Gen. J.W. Geary's (2d) div. 20th A.C. [Federal], deployed in dense woods, N.W., advanced toward this ridge at New Hope Ch. - (5 p.m.) - supported on his right by Williams' (1st) & on his left by Butterfield's (3d) divs. - the corps front astride this road. Repeated assaults on Hood's corps [CSA], posted on this ridge (Stovall's brigade on left; Clayton's, center; Baker's, right) failed to dislodge it after several hrs. of fighting. Reinforced 20th corps assaults, May 26, were likewise devoid of results. 10-24 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-federal-attack-on-hoods-corps
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-federal-attack-on-hoods-corps
- 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:
-
