Site ~ Cassville Female College - Cassville, GA - Battlefields on Waymarking.com

County of marker: Bartow County
Location of marker: US-41 )Joe Frank Harris Parkway) & Willow Lane NW, north side of Cassville
Erected By: Georgia Historical Commission
Date Erected: 1953

Marker Text:

SITE ~ CASSVILLE
FEMALE COLLEGE A large brick structure erected in 1853. May 19, 1864: Skirmishers of Polk's A.C. [CSA] Withdrew from this ridge E. to Cassvile when pressed back by Butterfield's (3d) Div., 20TH A.C. [USA] from the Hawkins Price house.

Battery C, 1st Ohio Lt. Art., supported by 73d Ohio, 19th Mich. & 20th Conn. Reg'ts. [USA] occupied the ridge & shelled the town as Johnston's Army [CSA] withdrew to ridge E. of it.

At night, Cassville was seized by the 19th Mich. & 20th Conn. Female College & town were burned by Federal Forces, Nov. 1864.

Name of Battle: Battle of Cassville Name of War: American Civil War Entrance Fee: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Date(s) of Battle (Beginning): 05/19/1864 Date of Battle (End): 11/01/1864 Parking: Not Listed

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