Year Erected: 1953

Marker Text: June 16, 1864.  From this point as a pivot, the Confederate line W. to Gilgal Church & Lost Mtn. was swung back to a N. & S. line E. of Mud Creek, thereby making a salient angle - Hardee's A.C. on the left or S; Polk's & Hood's Corps on the right, or E. [CS].

This shift of Hardee's line was due to pressure on his front by the 20th & 23d Corps, [US] from June 9 to 15.

Further pressure by the 4th, 14th & 20th Corps [US] upon Hardee's salient, June 17, 18, forced Johnston to abandon his entire line, June 19, for a final position which included Kennesaw Mountain.