Brushy Mountain Line GHM 033-47, Cobb Co.
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N 33° 59.501 W 084° 34.725
16S E 723644 N 3763876
Brushy Mountain Line State Historical Marker
Located on U.S. 41 south of Greer's Chapel Rd.
Waymark Code: WM2FK7
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/26/2007
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BRUSHY MOUNTAIN LINE
June 19, 1864. McPherson's Army of the Tenn., left wing of Sherman's
army [US], moved into this sector -- the rugged terrain of
Brushy Mtn. -- on the Kennesaw Mountain front.
The 17th A. C. & Garrard's Cav. were N. E. of this point;
15th & 16th, S. W. [US] Hood's A. C. & Wheeler's Cav.
[CS] (E. of Kennesaw Mtn.) were opp. the 17th A. C.;
Polk's A. C. (Loring), on the mtn.; Hardee's A.C.
on Loring's left [CS], S. of the mtn. June 21. Hood
was shifted to Hardee's left -- prolonging the line S.
to the Powder Springs road, leaving Wheeler's cav. to
hold the Confederate right.
For two weeks, Kennesaw Mountain was the strategic point of the
Confederate position
033-47 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954
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