Green Plantation Draw Well - Marietta, GA
Posted by: YoSam.
N 33° 57.143 W 084° 39.774
16S E 715969 N 3759337
Saw this place, and marker, on my way home. Did not see any sign as to museum or site to visit, so I was careful in my walk around. Two young people there said it was OK to look around.
Waymark Code: WMP43Z
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2015
Views: 5
County of well: Cobb County
Location of well: GA 120 between Old Hamilton Rd.and Bob Flemming Rd., W. of Marietta
Marker on site erected: 1963
Marker erected by: Georgia Historical Commission
Well in back yard of historic site. Hole in ground goes deep enough to get dark, no splash when rock dropped.
Marker text:
GREEN PLANTATION
Polk's Corps [CS] having held the sector centering on Lost Mountain, June 5-9, was withdrawn E., leaving Gen. W.H. Jackson's Cav. Div. [CS] to hold the vacated line.
On the 17th, Johnston [CS] shifted his left flank E. to Mud Creek; during this withdrawal, Ross' Brigade [CS] of Jackson's Cav. fought a spirited action from the hill W. of the Widow (Piety M.) Green house, which was used as a hospital.
Ross' Texas Brigade held the position until forced to retreat by Hascall's (2d) Div., 23d Corps [US], which had seized Lost Mountain that morning.