Image Credit: Barry Colbaugh
Year Erected: 1953
Marker Text: Major Gen. W.T. Sherman's Headquarters
May 19-23, 1864
Sherman [USA] occupied the Hargis house for three days of reorganization of forces in the campaign that ended at Atlanta.
Assuming that Johnston's army [CSA] had moved, from Adairsville, directly on Kingston & the river crossings S., May 18, led Sherman to concentrate his forces here-- only to discover that Johnston had gone directly to Cassville where, without making a stand, he retreated to Allatoona, May 20th. Sherman countered May 23, by moving due S.
Tips for Finding This Marker: At the intersection of West Main Street and Johnson Street, on the left when traveling east on West Main Street in Kingston.
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