Gen. Leonidas Polk's Headquarters (Cobb County)

Gen. Leonidas Polk's Headquarters (Cobb County) is a Georgia historical marker in Cobb County, dedicated 1953.

On Burnt Hickory Road, east of Ernest W. Barrett Parkway in Marietta.

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G.W. Hardage house; June 10-14, 1864 After withdrawing his corps from Lost Mtn. June 9, Polk's H'dq'rs. [CS] were at the John Kirk house 1 mi. W. on this rd. June 10, h'dq'rs. were moved to Hardage house. Sun. June 12. The Bishop-General read the church service (Episcopal) for his staff, escort, and the Hardage family. June 14. Polk rode with Johnston, Hardee & others to Pine Mtn. to inspect Bate's [CS] line at that advanced outpost. While there, Polk was killed by a Federal shell.

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1864 · Position Army Cumbld., June 21st/64 (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
1866 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Atlanta Campaign 3rd epoch. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Georgia, 1866, covering the location of Gen. Leonidas Polk's Headquarters (Cobb County), with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1866, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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