Atlanta Campaign New Hope Church May 25-June 4, 1864

National Historic Site
Atlanta Campaign
New Hope Church
May 25-June 4, 18

Here, at the New Hope Church, Confederate and Federal Armies engaged in a desperate battle as the former blocked the way to Atlanta, key industrial center of the Confederacy.

Sherman again outflanked the Confederates and the two armies moved to renew the struggle at Kennesaw Mountain.

National Park Service

United States
Department of the Interior.

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.