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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.