Battle of Allatoona

Battle of Allatoona is a Georgia historical marker in Bartow County, dedicated 1956.

On GA 20 Spur in Cartersville.

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After the fall of Atlanta, hoping Sherman would follow, Hood moved his Confederate army north, sending French's Division to fill the railroad cut at Allatoona, and burn the railroad bridge over the Etowah River, to hamper Sherman's movements. French found Corse with 2,000 men entrenched on the ridge guarding military stores, with his 3,000 he attacked on October 5, 1864. The fight was costly but indecisive. French lost 799, Corse 706 men. French, not risking an all-out attack, withdrew before aid reached Corse.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Atlanta Campaign 3rd epoch. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1907 · Acworth, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering the location of Battle of Allatoona, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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