Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Historic resource study
Blythe RW, Carroll MA, Moffson SH. 1995. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Historic resource study. Historic Resource Study. National Park Service, Department of the Interior
This study identifies and evaluates the historic properties within the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park contains the site of some of the fiercest fighting of the Civil War’s Atlanta Campaign. The Battle of Kolb’s Farm on June 22, 1864, and the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain on June 27, 1864, failed to stem the advancing Union Army and represent the last major engagements before the Confederates’ retreat across the Chattahoochee River. The 2,884-acre park interprets the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain through museum exhibits, a slide presentation, and a self-guiding auto tour of the battlefield. The park is located in Cobb County, Georgia, three miles west of Marietta and twenty-three miles northwest of Atlanta. It is irregularly shaped, measuring nearly seven miles north to south and, at its widest point, only two miles east to west. Two state routes, Dallas and Burnt Hickory Roads, intersect the park, dividing it into three sections. Big and Little Kennesaw Mountains dominate the northern section, with the remainder containing ridges and rolling hills characteristic of the Georgia Piedmont region. This study identifies and evaluates, using National Register criteria, the historic properties within the park. The study establishes and documents historic contexts associated with the park and evaluates the extent to which the surviving historic resources represent those contexts. The completed study will serve as a tool for future site planning, resource management, and the continuing development of interpretive programs at the park.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Blythe, Robert; Carroll, Maureen; Moffson, Steven
- Date of Issue
- 1995-03
- Publisher
- National Park Service, Department of the Interior
- Units
- HIST , KEMO
- Keywords
- Atlanta Campaign, battlefields, Civil War, Confederates, Cultural Resources, ehistory, History, Kennesaw Mountain, management recommendations, Union Army