033-53, KENNESAW SPUR
Posted by: mtn-man
N 33° 57.789 W 084° 35.534
16S E 722472 N 3760682
Documentation of the preparations on June 19 and the battle here on June 27, 1864.
Waymark Code: WMMGF
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2006
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KENNESAW SPUR
June 19, 1864. When Johnston's forces [CS] moved to a third position on the Kennesaw front, the defense works included the mountain. Bearing N.E. & E., the line ran to the Canton rd.; southward, it reached below the Dallas rd. The left of French's div. (Loring's A.C. [CS], posted on the mtn.) rested on this road, where the right of Hardee's A.C. (Walker's div.) joined.
June 27. The left of French & the right of Walker withstood the assaults of 3 Federal brigades -- moving E. astride this, the Burnt Hickory rd. -- in a vain endeavor to break the line here, coincident with a line attempt at Cheatham Hill, 2.5 mi. southward.
033-53 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954