Gen. George Thomas' Headquarters

Gen. George Thomas' Headquarters is a Georgia historical marker in Cobb County, dedicated 1985.

On Mars Hill Road, south of US 41 in Acworth.

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Near Mars Hill Ch., June 6-10, 1864. H'dq'rs. Army of Cumberland, [USA] which had crossed Allatoona Cr., 1.25 mi. S. W. June 6 -- its objectives: Allatoona, the State R. R., & the Confederate front at Kennesaw Mtn. The 4th Corps (Howard), camped near the church - h'dq'rs at Dr. James Peter's house (Davenport place); the 14th (Palmer), at Durham & Pritchard farms N. of new Mt. Olivet Ch.; the 20th (Hooker), at Stilesboro and Sandtown crossroads. Excessive rain and mud halted troop [US] movements for four days.

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Part of Cobb County, Georgia / from surveys made by the Topl. Engrs. of the Dept. of the… (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)
1895 · Atlanta Campaign 3rd epoch. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Atlanta Campaign 3rd epoch, 1895, covering the location of Gen. George Thomas' Headquarters, 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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Gen. George Thomas' Headquarters

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