Military Action at Gilgal Church - Cobb Co., GA
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Military Action at Gilgal Church historic marker located on the south side of Due West Rd, just west of the intersection of Due West - Kennesaw Due West and Acworth Due West at the Due West Pavilion shopping center.
Waymark Code: WM3ZKT
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2008
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Military Action at Gilgal Church
On 15 June 1864 Daniel Butterfield's division of Joseph Hooker's XX [20th] Army Corps approached this point via the Sandtown Road (Acworth-Due West Rd.) intending to attack Cleburne's Confederates entrenched here at Burnt Hickory and Sandtown roads intersection. Due to strong resistance by Cleburne's skirmishers and the arrival of night-fall, Butterfield's effort here at Gilgal Church diminished to a probing action. Planned as a coordinated mile wide attack by three 5000 man divisions (Butterfield's, Geary's and William's), on a front extending from Gilgal eastward to Pine Knob, it was hoped to break the undermanned Confederate battle line forcing a retreat. A filed attempt, this Federal attack on 15 June resulted in over 550 casualties in Geary's division at Pine Knob and nearly 200 of Butterfields here at Gilgal Church.
Erected by Cobb County
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: None
Date: None
Sponsor: Cobb County Community Development
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