Site: Robertson House

Paulding County · dedicated 1953 · At the intersection of GA 120 and Bobo Road in Dallas.

May 24, 25, 1864. Lt. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee [CS] maintained h'dq'rs here during operations of his command in this sector, incident to finding the position of McPherson's Army of the Tenn. (rt. Wing. Sherman's forces [US]). On the 24th, uncertain of where McPherson would place his troops. Hardee extended Johnston's [CS] left S. E. to Powder Springs, only to be recalled on the 24th when McPherson's seizure & occupation of Dallas became known. Cleburne's div. of the corps [CS], passed the house enroute to Powder Springs & the return march N. to New Hope Ch. & battlefield of Pickett's Mill.

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