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George Darby House- Clebourne's H'dq'rs

May 25, 1864. Maj, Gen P R Cleburne´s div. marched with Hardee´s A.C. from New Hope Church May 24th to Power Springs. These troops, the left flank of Johnson´s Army, marched S.E. to find the...

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Henry Lester House

May 24, 25, 1864. Hardee´s corps. of Gen. J. E. Johnston´s army [Confederate] having marched on the 23d from Stegall´s Station (Emerson), passed this way to Powder Springs, where it camped until 3...

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Polk's Corps at Dallas and New Hope Church

Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk´s corps which had moved from Allatoona as left flank of Johnston´s army [CSA] via Lost Mtn. & Mt. Tabor Ch.~reached this vicinity May 24, 1864. After return of Hardee´s A.C....

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Sligh's Mill, Pottery & Tanyard

Noted crossroads settlement of the 1860´s. Schofield´s 23rd corps [Federal], marching from Milam´s Bridge (Etowah River) camped here May 24-25, 1864. This corps was the rear & left guard of...

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Site: Robertson House

May 24, 25, 1964. Lt. Gen. Win. J. Hardee [CSA] 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....

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Polk's March to Lost Mountain

June 4, 1864. The embattled forces of Gen. J. E. Johnston´s army, [Confed.] having confronted Sherman´s army [Union] on the Dallas-New Hope Church front, since May 25, abandoned the position &...

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Johnston's Headquarters

During the fighting at Dallas, New Hope Church, Pickett´s Mill & elsewhere along the opposing Confederate & Federal lines, General J. E. Johnston [Confederate] had h´dq´rs at the Wm. Wigley house...

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The March of Hardee's Corps, May 23-25, 1864

Lt. Gen. Hardee´s A.C. [CSA], having marched from Stegall´s Station (Emerson) near the Etowah River & camped at the Dr. Smith house, May 23d, passed New Hope Church on the 24th, enroute to the...

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The Orphan Brigade at Dallas

May 28, 1864. On ridge W., were the intrenched Lines of the 1st div., 15th A.C. & the 2d div., 16th A.C. [USA]; beyond the ravine E., the lines of Bates div. Of Hardee´s corps [CSA]....

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Federal Line

Here, the intrenched line held by Maj. Gen. J. B. McPherson´s Army of the Tenn. [Federal] crossed the road; erected & occupied May 26 & abounded June 1, 1864. These troops were the right...

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Confederate Line

Here, the intrenched line held by Gen. J. E. Johnston´s forces [Confederate] during the fighting on the Dallas-New Hope Ch. front, crossed the road; line erected & occupied May 26 & abandoned June...

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Left of the Confederate Line

Hardee´s A.C. was on the left of General J.E. Johnston´s line [CSA]~Dallas~New Hope front. May 26~June 4, 1864. Dallas was the southern~most objective of Federal forces in their flanking march...

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Hardee's Hood's & French's Headquarters

Site of Dr. Agustus Smith house,1864. May 23: Gen. Wm. J. Hardee´s headquarters during the march of his Corps from Stegall´s Station (Emerson) to points south. May 24: Gen. John B. Hood spent...

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Howard's Covered Bridge

Built in 1904-05 to replace an earlier structure, this bridge bears the name of a pioneer family who settled near Big Cloud´s Creek in the late 1700s. Constructed in the Town lattice design...

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Cloud's Creek Baptist Church

In 1785, following the Revolutionary War, pioneers from North Carolina -- including the Hendons, Hartsfields, Standifers, Johnsons, Lawrences, and Olives -- settled near Big Cloud´s Creek on...

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