Pine Mountain-GHM-033-24-Cobb Co.,Ga
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Sprinterman
N 33° 59.342 W 084° 38.713
16S E 717510 N 3763439
Located at the end of Beaumont Rd. at top of Pine Mountain
Waymark Code: WM2YNC
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 01/11/2008
Views: 38
PINE MOUNTAIN
June 10, 1864. The 4th A. C. moved from Mars Hill Ch. to position along this road facing S. toward Pine Mtn.-- highest point between Lost & Kennesaw Mtns. The 14th A. C. was on the left; the 20th on the right.
PIne Mtn. was fortified and held as an outpost of the main Confederate line 1.25 miles S.-- the line that extended from Lost Mtn. to Brush Mtn.-- June 5-15.
June 14. Generals Johnston, Hardee, & Polk, while observing Federal lines from PIne Mtn., were fired on by 4th & 20th Corps batteries, Gen. Leonidas Polk was killed by a shell.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 033-24
Date: 1978
Sponsor: Not listed
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