Civil War Places: The Atlanta Campaign

Quote from Walter Clark, 1st Georgia Infantry

"Standing beside the breastworks on that summer evening, under the shadow of grim and silent Kennesaw, with twilight deepening into night, there were shadows on all our hearts as well, shadows that stretched beyond us and fell on hearts and hearthstones far away, shadows that rest there still and never will be lifted." 

 

Three long years have passed since the firing upon Fort Sumter and both sides were growing tired of the war. General Grant, the newly appointed Supreme Commander of the Union Army, developed a plan that he hoped would bring a successful end to the War. Part of that plan was to send General Sherman's Army into Georgia to destroy General Joseph Johnston's Confederate Army as well as his supply operations.

 

There are many places throughout Georgia where you can visit sites of the Atlanta Campaign.

Rocky Face Ridge - May 8-9, 1864

• Visit Dug Gap Battle Park in Dalton, GA

Resaca - May 14, 1864

• Visit Resaca Battlefield Historic Site in Resaca, GA

New Hope Church - May 25, 1864

Pickett's Mill - May 27, 1864

• Visit Pickett's Mill Battlefield State Historic Site

Dallas - May 28, 1864

Kennesaw Mountain - June 27, 1864

• Kennesaw Mountain

• Little Kennesaw

• Pigeon Hill

• Cheatham Hill

• Kolb's Farm

Atlanta - July 22, 1864

• Visit Roswell Mill Ruins in Old Mill Park, Roswell

Jonesboro - August 31 - Sept. 1, 1864