ETOWAH AND THE WAR, Cartersville, Bartow County GA
Posted by: GA Cacher
N 34° 09.923 W 084° 43.811
16S E 709225 N 3782821
Marker at the Allatoona dam and Etowah river overlook.
Waymark Code: WM254A
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2007
Views: 29
This marker is on the Corps of Engineers land by the Allatoona Dam Overlook and in NOT available at night. The gates close at 5PM.
You can see the river and a furnace far below.
ETOWAH AND THE WAR
The Confederacy sought iron and munitions eagerly, which quickly brought prosperity to Etowah. Patriotic key workers, though exempt from army duty, enlisted, and loss of their skill hampered production.
Mark Cooper sold the works in 1862. In the 1863, the Confederacy took over the first seeking to increase production. As Sherman marched by in 1864, mindful of the war value of iron, he sent troops, who, after a brisk skirmish, burned the plant on May 22. This ended an era -- the works were not rebuilt after the War, as cheaper and better production methods had been found.
008-47 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956