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....](http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5Gm2rFuFMn5Mjx3Zu68AiYYwzZh0Fz0vfPKejgFHShzb7ffhYohQYt18TB6JHEfV0Yt2Q9ywKRjAczSOYSTK2jvBYP8T)
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. [CSA] from Powder Springs (May 25), Polk´s troops formed the center of Johnston´s line facing the Federal lines to the West.
When deployed, Polk´s left was at Wigley´s Mill in gap of Ellsberry Mtn.: his center & rt. at & above New Hope Ch.~a position he held in the 10 days of conflict mostly fought on the left & right of the army.
GHM 110-20 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.