- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- "The Only Advantage of the Day" 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, Mableton, 33.81872, -84.58243
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located at intersection of Concord Rd. and Floyd Rd. north of Mableton
Text of marker: ""THE ONLY ADVANTAGE OF THE DAY" JUNE 27, 1864. While 8 Federal brigades at Kennesaw Mtn. & at Cheatham Hill, made futile attempts to break Johnston's line [CS], Schofield's 23d A. C. [US] moved S. from Powder Springs road. This flanking move was opposed by Hood's A. C., (extended below Kolb's Farm), & Ross' cav. [CS] on this the old Sandtown road. Schofield reached & fortified these crossroads - a strategic position that posed more of a threat to Johnston's Kennesaw line than the assaults by 8 brigades further N. - a fact noted in Sherman's dispatch to Thomas as "the only advantage of the day". (38-IV-610). 033-62 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-only-advantage-of-the-day
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-only-advantage-of-the-day
- 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:
-
