Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park is located in Kennesaw, Georgia, a part of the Metro Atlanta area. The park
preserves 2,923 acres and much of the scene of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, a major engagement of the Civil War's
Atlanta Campaign. Please click here to visit our main Battle of Kennesaw Mountain page.
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Kennesaw, Georgia
The Visitor Center at Kennesaw Mountain is the first
stopping point for visitors to the park. It provides an
excellent overview of the battle and campaign.
Unlike many such museums, the Visitor Center at
Kennesaw Mountain looks at the days before the
battle from perspectives both North and South.
The Northern perspective of the Atlanta Campaign is
also offered in the Visitor Center. In fact, it is a great
place to learn about the entire campaign.
Among the artifacts on display in the Visitor Center is
the banner of the Cherokee Dragoons. The reverse of
the flag is actually a Confederate National Flag.
Another view of a fortified cannon emplacement on
the top of Kennesaw Mountains. Union troops never
threatened these positions.
A Confederate cannon aims out from the top of
Kennesaw Mountain. Southern gunners firing from
here targeted Union supply trains.
In the distance from the mountain can be seen the
ridge at Allatoona Pass. Signal flag messages from
Kennesaw to Allatoona inspired "Hold the Fort."
The skyline of Atlanta as seen from the top of
Kennesaw Mountain. The battle was a last ditch
stand to prevent Sherman from reaching the city.
These cannon were concealed from view until Union
troops had charged almost into their muzzles during
the attack on Cheatham Hill.
Careful examination of this photo will reveal the
surviving Confederate earthworks of the "Dead
Angle," scene of massive Union casualties.
Several memorial stones like this one at the "Dead
Angle" point out the locations where noted Union
soldiers and officers fell during the battle.
The tunnel seen here was dug by Union troops
during the battle in a fruitless efforts to get under the
Confederate position at the Dead Angle.
The beautiful old log Kolb House is the last surviving
Civil War structure on the battlefield. It stands at the
tour stop that commemorates the Kolb's Farm battle.
Confederate cannon aim out from Civil War
earthworks in the Cheatham Hill area of the
Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield.
The Battle of Kolb's Farm, an important preliminary
action to the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, took place
at the southern end of the battlefield on June 22, 1864.
The tunnel and Illinois Monument can be seen at the
Dead Angle. The Confederates were atop
Cheatham Hill in the background.
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