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Join us in the park's Visitor Center for the first in a series of lectures in our lead up to the 160th Anniversary of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. The lecture is FREE but park admission is required.
Visit our webpage for more information and series schedule:
https://www.nps.gov/kemo/planyourvisit/160th-battle-anniversary-lecture-series.htm
Synopsis:
On May 23, 1864, Union troops under the command of General William T. Sherman crossed the Etowah River at several points just north of Kennesaw, Georgia and continued marching south. Sherman hoped that his men would face little serious Confederate resistance before reaching the town of Marietta and possibly even the Chattahoochee River. Instead, on the 25th of May, Union soldiers encountered lines of Confederate Infantry positioned along a ridge near New Hope Church east of Dallas. Subsequent Union attacks that day against this Southern line resulted in the battle of New Hope Church, a bloody affair that cost hundreds of Union casualties. This talk will look at the events leading up to the fighting at New Hope Church, the battle itself, and the subsequent movements and engagements that took place during the New Hope-Dallas-Pickett's Mill phase of the 1864 Atlanta Campaign.
Keith Bohannon is a professor of history at the University of West Georgia in Carrollton, Georgia.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Parking Lot, Kennesaw, GA 30152, United States,Marietta, Georgia