Campaign for Atlanta Began Here

Campaign for Atlanta Began Here is a Georgia historical marker in Catoosa County, dedicated 1954.

At the intersection of GA 2 and Old Tunnel Hill Road in Tunnel Hill.

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The 4th A.C., marching from Cleveland, Tenn. reached Catoosa Springs May 4, 1864. The 23d A.C., via Cleveland & Red Clay, camped in this vicinity. Both corps moved S. from these positions toward Dalton, May 7. The 4th A.C. went by direct rd. to Tunnel Hill; the 23d, to Crow Valley, E. of Rocky Face. The elevated ground N. is the site of the Dr. Lee house. Observing the initial troop movements from the yard of the Lee house, were officers of the Federal high command: Sherman, Thomas, Schofield, Howard, Newton, Stanley, & Cox.

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Historical maps covering this location

1856 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1892 · Catoosa, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Kentucky And Tennessee, 1864, covering the location of Campaign for Atlanta Began Here, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Kentucky And Tennessee, 1864, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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