Artillery Redan - Cobb Co., GA
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N 33° 50.207 W 084° 29.461
16S E 732169 N 3746890
Within Shoupade Park are the remains of the Civil War fortifications designed by Brig. Gen. Francis Shoup near the Chattahoochee River during the Atlanta Campaign. Gen. Sherman called it “the strongest field fortification he'd ever seen”.
Waymark Code: WMGD84
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/17/2013
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Map of Shoupade Park
Artillery Redan
The palisade was interrupted at this point for an artillery redan, an earth structure designed to protect two canons. The lower sections in the wall of the redan indicate where the muscle of each gun would protrude. Of the three dozen or so redans that once existed along the River Line, this is the only one that remains.
By far the most common cannon used by both sides was a 12-pounder Napoleon, a smoothbore gun. The Napoleon didn't have the range or accuracy of the rifled gun, but it could fire many different types of ordnance (shot, shell, grape, canister, etc.) and could be used to duel the opposing artillery, shell enemy troops at a distance, or blast attacking infantry.
This photo, taken by George N, Barnard, shows a Napoleon in the defense of Atlanta while federal troops occupied the city in September 1864. This same cannon is on display in the Kennesaw Mountain National Park Visitor Center, about ten miles northwest. While we don't know for certain which artillery unit occupied this redan, we do know that all the batteries that were assigned to this section of the River Line were equipped with 12-pounder Napoleons or 3-inch ordnance rifles.
This park is made possible by: The Cobb County Board of Commissioners, River Line Historic Area, Oakdale Community Association, Pulite Homes, Easlan Capital, & the Georgia Battlefield Association.
The park is located on the east side of Oakdale Rd. between Dunagan Dr. and Fort Dr., Smyrna, GA. There are four interpretative signs in the park and the remains of a section of the earthworks.
For more information on the history of Johnston's River Line:
Historic Markers
On-line:
Books:
The Chattahoochee River Line
An American Maginot
by William R. Scaife and William E. Erquitt
©1992
ISBN: 0-9619508-5-4
Hells´s Broke Loose in Georgia
Survival in a Civil War Regiment
by Scott Walker
©2005
ISBN: 978-0-8203-2605-04
Type of Marker: Fort
Marker #: None
Date: unknown
Sponsor: The Cobb County Board of Commissioners, River Line Historic Area, Oakdale Community Association, Pulite Homes, Easlan Capital, & the Georgia Battlefield Association
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