Dallas-New Hope Line - Paulding County
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N 33° 55.542 W 084° 50.071
16S E 700169 N 3756029
Dallas-New Hope Line Ga 381 and Ga 6 Bus in Dallas
Waymark Code: WM296W
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2007
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Dallas-New Hope Line
4 to 6 mi. N.E. on Highway 92 at and
near New Hope Church, are the Battlefields of
New Hope Church and Picketts Mill - two of the
notable engagements of the Atlanta Campaign.
May 25 - 27th 1864.
From a point 2 mi. S. of Dallas, the embattled
Confederate and Federal forces, extending N.E. on
a 10 mi. front, maintained daily conflict
for 10 days, May 25th - June 4.
This Paulding County phase of the Atlanta Campaign
was incident to Sherman's flanking operation W. & S.W.
of the Allatoona Mtns., Johnson's forces held the Federals
in this sector until they moved E. to the State R.R.