Atlanta Campaign Cassville-USDI Pavilion (Bartow County)
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N 34° 14.021 W 084° 51.318
16S E 697531 N 3790146
Department of the Interior marker at Civil War Pavilion in Cassville
Waymark Code: WM2BDK
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2007
Views: 44
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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