033-49, FEDERAL 15TH CORPS
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N 33° 59.171 W 084° 35.070
16S E 723127 N 3763254
Details of Maj. Gen. John Logan's troops are documented on this marker.
Waymark Code: WMN5P
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/23/2006
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FEDERAL 15TH CORPS
June 19, 1864. Maj. Gen. John A Logan's 15th A. C. [US] was deployed astride this, the old Marietta road; Smith's 2d div., N. E. of it; Osterhaus' 1st, S. W.; Harrow's 4th, in reserve. This was the 2d & final sector held by Sherman's left wing on the Kennesaw Mountain front.
Heavy fire from the Confederate artillery on the mountain, was countered, June 23, by 2 batteries of Rodman & Parrott guns, erected by Osterhaus on the hill just W. -- the excavations being still visible.
June 25, 27. Logan's troops, shifted S. W. to the Burnt Hickory rd., relieved the 14th A. C., & assaulted the lower end of the mountain.
033-49 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
Type of Marker: Monument
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