Battle of Kolb's Farm: June 22, 1864

Battle of Kolb's Farm: June 22, 1864 is a Georgia historical marker in Cobb County, dedicated 1952.

On Cheatham Hill Road, north of Powder Springs Road in Marietta.

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The 3 brigades of Williams' (1st) Div., 20th A. C., [US] were posted on the high ground W. of the road between this point and the Powder Springs Road. Geary's (2d) Div. [US] right joined Williams at the ravine West of the Greer house, his artillery sweeping the low ground. Brown's & Reynold's brigades of Stevenson's Div. [CS] assaulted the left of Williams' line by way of the ravine -- trying to turn his left, but the 20th A. C. artillery broke up the assault and the two [CS] brigades withdrew.

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Historical maps covering this location

1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Marietta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1895 · Atlanta Campaign 3rd epoch. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1897 · Marietta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1901 · Marietta, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Atlanta Campaign 3rd epoch, 1895, covering the location of Battle of Kolb's Farm: June 22, 1864, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Atlanta Campaign 3rd epoch, 1895, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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