Stewart's Corps at Big Shanty - Kennesaw GA
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Don.Morfe
N 34° 01.425 W 084° 36.909
16S E 720198 N 3767354
Georgia Marker Number 033-44 is on North Main Street (Georgia Route 293), Kennesaw GA 30144.
Waymark Code: WM18F9E
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2023
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Stewart's Corps at Big Shanty
During the march of Lt. Gen. Hood's army N. from Palmetto, Stewart's A. C., & Armstrong's cav. [CS] were sent from Lost Mtn., Oct. 3, 1864 to destroy the State R. R. at Big Shanty. Featherston's brigade, Loring's div., [CS] captured the Federal garrison (detachments, 14th & 15th Ill., 4th div., 17th A. C.) posted in the stockaded Lacy Hotel. Walthall's & Loring's divs. were sent to seize the stockades at Moon's Station & Acworth, 2 & 6 mi. N. French's div. [CS] was sent North eleven miles to engage in one of the most noted battles along the State R.R. - Allatoona, Oct. 5, 1864.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1954
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Georgia Historical Commission
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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