Atlanta – Prize of War - Kennesaw Battlefield - Cobb Co., GA
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N 33° 58.670 W 084° 34.647
16S E 723800 N 3762343
Located at the Kennesaw National Battlefield Park at the parking area at the end of Kennesaw Mountain Rd, Kennesaw, GA.
Waymark Code: WMA30G
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/08/2010
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Atlanta – Prize of War
Sherman aimed for the South’s Manufacturing and railroad hub.
Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman had two objectives during his Georgia campaign of 1864: defeat the Confederate army, and damage to South’s war arsenals. By capturing Atlanta, he could do both.
Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston intended to delay or stop Sherman. Kennesaw Mountain offered Johnson a strong defensive position from which to draw Sherman's larger army into battle.
The fate of Atlanta - with its citizens, factories, armories, warehouses, and railroads - hung in the balance.