20th Corps Detours to New Hope Church - Paulding County, GA
Posted by: YoSam.
N 33° 58.452 W 084° 51.689
16S E 697564 N 3761356
20th Corps Detours to New Hope Church, Ga 61 at the intersection with Sand Grove Church Road.
Waymark Code: WM10KTH
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2019
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County of memorial: Paulding County
Location of memorial: Cartersville Hwy (GA-61) & Sandy Grove Church Rd., north of Dallas
Erected By: Georgia Historical Commission
Date Erected: 1985
Plaque Text:
20TH CORPS DETOURS
TO NEW HOPE CHURCH
One~Half mile E. The old road from Burnt Hickory
to Dallas joined one leading E., via Pumpkin Vine Bridge,
near Owen's Mill, to New Hope Church.
May 25, 1864: Geary's (2d), followed by Williams' (1st) div.,
20th A.C. [USA] turned E. when assailed by outposts of Hood's A.C. [CSA] which had reached New Hope form Allatoona.
Pressing forward and reinforced by 4th and 23rd A.C., [USA]
Geary's div. assaulted the entrenched line of Hood's A.C.
posted in and near the cemetery at New Hope Church ~ a battle fought in rain and thunderstorm.