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Mark Anthony Cooper's Iron Works

These ruins of an old iron furnace built by Moses Stroup are all that remain of Cooper´s Iron Works, developed by Mark Anthony Cooper, pioneer industrialist, politician, and farmer. Cooper...

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Battle of Allatoona October 5, 1864

October 5, 1864 Lt. Gen. John B. Hood, Army of Tenn. [CSA], while enroute N. from Palmetto, Ga., sent Lt. Gen. A.P. Stewart´s Corps to destroy the State R.R. from Big Shanty to the Etowah...

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Kingston Methodist Church

The original church, with another name and at another location, was built in 1845, rebuilt in Kingston in 1854, and dedicated by Rev. Lovick Pierce, a leading preacher of the nation and father of...

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Historic Trimble House 2 mi.

About 2 miles N. is the plantation home of Augustus Crawford Trimble, pioneer settler, member of the Home Guard, and businessman of Adairsville. A son, serving in the 1st Georgia Cavalry...

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Etowah and the War

ETOWAH AND THE WAR The Confederacy sought iron and munitions eagerly, which quickly brought prosperity to Etowah. Patriotic key workers, though exempt from army duty, enlisted, and loss of their...

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Federal Fort

Atop the hill to the east was a fort that protected the river bridge, part of the rail line which enabled Sherman to supply his army during the Atlanta Campaign. The rail line has been...

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Allatoona Pass

Allatoona was in pioneer days a travel hub, because ridges from east and south met here where it was fairly easy to cross the Allatoona Mountain range by winding over a low ridge, or pass....

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Bartow County

Originally Cass, Bartow County was created by Act of Dec. 3, 1832 from Cherokee County. The name was changed Dec. 6 1861 to honor Gen. Francis S. Bartow (1816-1861), Confederate political...

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Battle of Allatoona

After the fall of Atlanta, hoping Sherman would follow; Hood moved his Confederate army north, sending French´s Division to fill the railroad cut at Allatoona, and burn the railroad bridge...

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Unknown Confederate Dead

Here sleep, known but to God, 250 Confederate and two Federal soldiers, most of whom died of wounds, disease and sickness in the Confederate hospitals located here -- 1862-1864. These men were...

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Grave of Gen. William Tatum Wofford

Gen. William Tatum Wofford (June 28, 1824 - May 22, 1884), Cav. Capt. in the Mexican War, Col. and Brig. Gen. in the Confederate Army, is buried here. After Fredericksburg he succeeded to...

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Emersion

Named for Joseph Emerson Brown, Gov. of Ga., 1857-1865, U.S. Senator, 1880-1891. Known as Stegall´s Station prior to 1889; site of the Bartow Iron Works. May 20, 1864: Gen. Joseph E. Johnston´s...

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Confederate Dead

In this cemetery are buried about 300 unknown Confederate soldiers who died of wounds or disease in the several Confederate hospitals located in Cassville. These hospitals operated from late...

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Confederate Memorial Day

First Decoration, or Memorial Day, was observed in Kingston in late April of 1865, and has been a continuous observance here since that day, the only such record held by any community in...

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Gen. Leonidas Polk's Headquarters

The William Neal McKelvey residence - 1864. A Council of War held here May 19, discussed the advisability of holding the position E. & S. of Cassville by the Confederate army. Present were: Gen....

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Hardee's Corps at Kingston

May 18, 1864. Lt. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee´s A. C. marched from Adairsville on the road parallel to the State R.R. -- turning E. on this rd. to join Polk´s & Hood´s corps [CSA] at Cassville, which had...

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Surrender of Confederate Troops May 12, 1865

Brig. Gen. Wm. T. Wofford [CSA] arranged with Brig. Gen. Henry M. Judah, U.S.A. for the surrender of some 3000 to 4000 Confederate soldiers, mostly Georgians, not paroled in Virginia, N. Carolina,...

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House-Site Thomas V. B. Hargis

Major Gen. W.T. Sherman´s Headquarters May 19-23, 1864 Sherman occupied the Hargis house for three days of reorganization of forces in the campaign that ended at Atlanta. Assuming the...

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The Andrews Raiders at Kingston

Apr. 12, 1862. James J. Andrews with 18 Ohio soldiers (Federal)in disguise, and 1 civilian, having seized the locomotive "GENERAL" at Big Shanty (KENNESAW) intending to wreck the State R.R., were...

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Surrender of Confederate Troops May 12, 1865

Brig. Gen. Wm. T. Wofford [CSA] arranged with Brig. Gen. Henry M. Judah, U.S.A. for the surrender of some 3000 to 4000 Confederate soldiers, mostly Georgians, not paroled in Virginia, N. Carolina,...

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