Polk's March to Lost Mountain

Polk's March to Lost Mountain is a Georgia historical marker in GA., Paulding County, dedicated 1953.

At the small park next to the New Hope Baptist Church, at Hwy 361 and Bobo Rd., New Hope, GA.

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June 4, 1864. The embattled forces of Gen. J. E. Johnston's army, [CS] having confronted Sherman's army [US] on the Dallas- New Hope Church front, since May 25, abandoned the position & shifted eastward because of Sherman's movement back to the State R.R. Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk's corps [CS] held the center of Johnston's line, at New Hope Church, & in the withdrawal E. from this sector marched by this road toward Lost Mountain, the imposing peak of which is visible from this marker.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1856 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Colton's Georgia (1864) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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)

Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering the location of Polk's March to Lost Mountain, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's Georgia (1864), 1864, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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