Dallas-New Hope Line - Dallas, GA
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YoSam.
N 33° 55.536 W 084° 50.071
16S E 700169 N 3756018
Dallas-New Hope Line Ga 381 and Ga 6 Bus in Dallas
Waymark Code: WM10KT4
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2019
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County of memorial: Paulding County
Location of memorial: Memorial Dr. & Merchants Dr., Dallas
Erected By: Georgia Historical Commission
Date Erected: 1953
Marker Text:
DALLAS ~ NEW HOPE LINE
Four to six mi. N.E., on State Highway 92 at &
near New Hope Church, are the battlefield's of
New Hope Church & Pickett's Mill ~ two of the
notable engagements of the Atlanta Campaign.
May 25 & 27, 1864.
From a point 2 mi. S. of Dallas, the embattled
Confederate & Federal forces, extending N.E. on
a 10 mi. front, maintained daily conflict for 10 days, May 25 ~ June 4.
This Paulding County phase of the Atlanta Campaign
was incident to Sherman's flanking operation [USA] W. & S.W.
of the Allatoona Mtns. Johnson's forces [CSA] held the Federals
in this sector until they moved E. to the State R.R.