Atlanta Campaign Cassville-USDI Pavilion (Bartow County)
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Sprinterman
N 34° 14.021 W 084° 51.318
16S E 697531 N 3790146
Quick Description: Department of the Interior marker at Civil War Pavilion in Cassville
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/7/2007 7:11:13 AM
Waymark Code: WM2BDK
Published By: Groundspeak Premium Member Lat34North
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Long Description:
This marker sits in roadside pavilion on Cassville Road just off US 41. The text of the marker is as follows:

National Historic Site

Atlanta Campaign
Cassville

ON MAY 19, 1864, JOHNSTON ENTRENCHED ON THE RIDGE EAST OF THIS MARKER PLANNED TO GIVE BATTLE BUT SHERMAN THREATENED HIS FLANK AND HIS CORPS COMMANDERS OBJECTED TO THE POSITION.
HE THEREFORE WITHDREW TO ALLATOONA PASS. RATHER THAN ATTACK THIS STRONG POSITION, SHERMAN MOVED PAST IT TOWARD NEW HOPE CHURCH.



Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: NONE

Date: NONE

Sponsor: Not listed
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