Image credit: Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department

Year Erected: 1952

Marker Text: During the Atlanta Campaign, General Joseph E. Johnston’s forces (CS) retreated southward from Cassville along this road, to Allatoona Mountains, south of the Etowah River, May 20, 1864. They were immediately followed by Gen. John M. Schofield’s 23d Corps (US), which encamped in this vicinity. While here, troops of Gen. Jacob Cox’s Division (US) were sent to destroy the Cooper Iron Works (site of Allatoona Dam) on May 21-22. From this campsite, the corps marched on May 23 to the Etowah River at Milam’s Bridge.

Re-erected by the Georgia Historical Society in 2020