Lt. General Leonidas Polk Killed at Pine Mountain
The wooded knob W. was a fortified outpost, 1.25 miles north of Johnston´s intrenched line from Lost to Brushy Mountains, June 5-15, 1864. Pine Mountain was held by Bate´s division of Hardee´s A. C., 5th Co. Washington Artillery of N. Orleans & Lt. R. T. Beauregard´s S. Carolina Battery.
June 14. While observing Federal lines with Generals Johnston and Hardee, General Polk was killed by a shell from a Federal battery -- identity of which is not certain.
The outpost was abandoned the next day and withdrawn to the main line.
033-23 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1982
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.