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Kennesaw Mountain

See our collection of photos from Kennesaw Mountain, one of the battles during Gen. William T. Sherman's Atlanta Campaign of 1864.

(14 photos in gallery)

Field Order No. 28

Atlanta History Center

Union Gen. William T. Sherman drew up Field Order Number 28 on June 24, 1864, calling for an assault at 8 a.m. on the 27th which "will endeavor to break a single point of the enemy line."

With a View towards Atlanta

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The view of Atlanta - William T. Sherman's ultimate goal - from the top of Big Kennesaw Mountain, where Confederate defenders places three guns to stave off Union attackers.

Kolb's Farm

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The farmhouse of Peter V. Kolb is the only remaining wartime structure within the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Artillery at Kennesaw Mountain

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Maj. George Storrs and his Confederate gunners hauled three pieces of artillery up to the top of the 1,800-foot high Kennesaw Mountain.

Fifteenth Corps Attack

Mountain Campaigns in Georgia

One of Sherman's diversionary assaults, Maj. Gen. John A. Logan's Federal Fifteenth Corps advances against Pigeon Hill on June 27.

Confederate Earthworks

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Remants of Confederate earthworks can still be seen on the slopes overlooking Union Maj. Gen. John A. Logan’s point of attack at Pigeon Hill.

Entrenched

National Archives

Yankee earthworks in front of Big Kennesaw Mountain, with Little Kennesaw to the right. Confederates placed three guns atop Big Kennesaw, and nine artillery pieces were positioned on top of Little Kennesaw.

Thomas' Attack

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Maj. Gen. George Thomas' Army of the Cumberland was responsible for the main assault on June 27. Five Federal brigades from the Fourth and Fourteenth Corps advanced left-to-right across this field toward high ground known as Cheatham Hill.

Cheatham Hill

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After crossing a marsh, the Federals advanced up this slope - devoid of trees in 1864 - during their assault on Cheatham's Hill.

The "Dead Angle"

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Named for Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham, whose troops occupied this position, this portion of the Confederate line formed a salient here known as the "Dead Angle." The Illinois Monument stands in the background.

Death at Kennesaw Mountain

Harpers Pictorial History of the Civil War/Wikimedia

Union Col. Daniel McCook, Jr. (left) and Brig. Gen. Charles Harker (right) were both wounded mortally during the assault on Cheatham's Hill. Harker encouraged his men, shouting "Forward, men, and take these works!" before being shot twice.

Neighbour Marker

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Monuments such as this to Capt. Samuel Neighbour of Ohio mark where individuals supposedly fell during the fighting at Kennesaw Mountain.

Illinois Monument

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Erected on June 27, 1914 by members of the Col. Dan McCook Brigade Association, the Illinois Monument at Kennesaw Mountain is 25 feet tall, and is dedicated to the 85th, 86th and 125th Illinois Infantry and Battery I, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery.

Gathering the Wounded

Library of Congress

After the engagement at Cheatham Hill, Confederate Lt. Col. William Martin called for a truce so that the Federals could retrieve their wounded in front of the Rebel works. Here, in a rough sketch by A.R. Waud, Martin stands on the parapet while the Yankees retrieve their wounded.