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Special Event
Event
160th Anniversary Lecture Series -- The Battle of New Hope Church
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Fee:
Free. Program is free but normal park entrance rates apply.Location:
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Visitor CenterDates & Times
Date:
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Time:
1:00 PM
Duration:
1 hour
Type of Event
Talk
Description
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. Guest speaker Keith Bohannon, Professor of History at the University of West Georgia, will discuss the Battle of New Hope Church.
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.
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