"Oakton"

"Oakton" is a Georgia historical marker in Cobb County, dedicated 1954.

On Kennesaw Avenue in Marietta.

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Ante-bellum residence of John R. Wilder. June 19, 1864. Johnston's Army of Tennessee [CS] withdrew to its Kennesaw line -- Polk's A. C. (under Loring), posted on the mountain; Hardee's, extending S. from Loring's left, prolonged the line beyond Cheatham Hill; Hood's corps on Loring's right, prolonged the line E. to the Canton road, where it was supported by Wheeler's cav. -- the extreme right of the army. June 21, Hood's A. C. was shifted to the left, of Hardee's line [CS] -- prolonging it to & S. of Powder Springs rd., leaving Wheeler to guard the rt. flank. Maj. Gen. W. W. Loring had his headquarters at "Oakton", the Wilder house.

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1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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)

Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering the location of "Oakton", with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign, 1874, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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