Five Federal Brigades - GHM 033-58 - Cobb Co.
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N 33° 56.013 W 084° 36.283
16S E 721395 N 3757372
Five Federal Brigades State Historical Marker
Located on Cheatham Hill Rd. just east of John Ward Rd.
Waymark Code: WM2HRR
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/07/2007
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FIVE FEDERAL BRIGADES
June 27, 1864. At 8 A. M., five brigades assaulted the Confederates of Hardee's Corps, posted on the wooded ridge across the valley eastward. From left to right there were: Kimball's, Wagner's & Harker's brigades, Newton's div. 4th A. C.; McCook's & Mitchell's brigades, Davis' div., 14th A. C. -- all Army of the Cumberland troops [US]. Kimball & Wagner struck Cleburne's left; Harker, McCook & Mitchell centered on the salient angle at the right of Cheatham's div. The assaults were in parallel regimental columns. These & similar ones, at the same time, by 3 brigades at Kennesaw Mtn. 2.5 mi. N., failed to break Johnston's line [CS].
033-58 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954