The Federal Attack on Hood's Corps

The Federal Attack on Hood's Corps is a Georgia historical marker in Paulding County, dedicated 1953.

In New Hope Cemetery in Dallas.

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May 25, 1864. Brig. Gen. J.W. Geary's (2d) div. 20th A.C. [US], deployed in dense woods, N.W., advanced toward this ridge at New Hope Ch. - (5 p.m.) - supported on his right by Williams' (1st) & on his left by Butterfield's (3d) divs. - the corps front astride this road. Repeated assaults on Hood's corps [CS], posted on this ridge (Stovall's brigade on left; Clayton's, center; Baker's, right) failed to dislodge it after several hrs. of fighting. Reinforced 20th corps assaults, May 26, were likewise devoid of results.

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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 The Federal Attack on Hood's Corps, 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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