"The Only Advantage of the Day" GHM 033-62, Cobb Co.
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N 33° 50.687 W 084° 34.967
16S E 723655 N 3747574
"The Only Advantage of the Day" State Historical Marker
Located at intersection of Concord Rd. and Floyd Rd. north of Mableton
Waymark Code: WM2FPG
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2007
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"THE ONLY ADVANTAGE OF THE DAY"
JUNE 27, 1864. While 8 Federal brigades at Kennesaw Mtn. & at
Cheatham Hill, made futile attempts to break Johnston's line [CS],
Schofield's 23d A. C. [US] moved S. from Powder Springs road. This
flanking move was opposed by Hood's A. C., (extended below Kolb's
Farm), & Ross' cav. [CS] on this the old Sandtown road.
Schofield reached & fortified these crossroads -- a strategic
position that posed more of a threat to Johnston's Kennesaw line
than the assaults by 8 brigades further N. -- a fact noted in
Sherman's dispatch to Thomas as "the only advantage of the day".
(38 - IV - 610).
033-62 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
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