Captain Peter Simonson - Cobb Co. GA
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N 33° 58.623 W 084° 38.592
16S E 717727 N 3762114
Cobb County marker, Captain Peter Simonson, located at Sullivan's Hill, 972 Frank Kirk Road.
Waymark Code: WM44ZF
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/07/2008
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Captain Peter Simonson
Captain Peter Simonson
5th Indiana Battery
Acting chief of artillery for the 1st Division (4th Army Corps), Simonson on June 16, 1864 was busy entrenching here a 4-gun battery of artillery when he was killed by a Confederate bullet. The Confederate was perhaps a sharpshooter armed with an English made rifle with scope known as a Whitworth. The Whitworth fired a six sided bullet that could kill a target one-half mile away. However, the two armies were within a few hundred feet of each other at this point, so it is not unreasonable to believe he could have been killed by a common Confederate rifleman.
Erected by Cobb County 2008
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: None
Date: 2008
Sponsor: Not listed
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