The Federal Attack on Hood's Corps - GHM 110-24 - Paulding Co., GA
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N 33° 57.526 W 084° 47.403
16S E 704201 N 3759784
At the New Hope cemetery across Ga 381 from New Hope Baptist Church at Chester Harris Dr. Follow the road around the cemetery to the marker.
Waymark Code: WM3HZ5
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2008
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The Federal Attack on Hood's Corps
May 25, 1864. Brig. Gen. .W. Geary's (2d) div. 20th A.C. [Federal], deployed in dense woods, N.W., advanced toward this ridge at New Hope Ch. - (5 p.m.) - supported on his right by Williams' (1st) & on his left by Butterfield's (3d) divs. - the corps front astride this road.
Repeated assaults on Hood's corps CSA], posted on this ridge (Stovall's brigade on left; Clayton's, center; Baker's, right) failed to dislodge it after several hrs. of fighting.
Reinforced 20th corps assaults, May 26, were likewise devoid of results.
110-24 Georgia Historic Marker 1953