Confederate Line 5 P.M. May 19, 1864

The three corps of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston´s Army [CSA] were withdrawn from N. & W. of Cassville to this ridge, E. & S. of the town.

Hardee was posted astride the R.R. near Cass Station on the S.

Polk centered here & Hood´s line skirted the cemetery N.

This shift from an aggressive to a defensive position resulted in a Council of War at Polk´s h´dq´rs. where it was claimed the line was untenable, whereupon Johnson ordered a retreat to to the Etowah River that night.

GHM 008-23 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.

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