Cheatham Hill Component Landscape: Cultural Landscape Inventory, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, National Park Service
Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., contractor and John Milner Associates, subcontractor. 2009. Cheatham Hill Component Landscape: Cultural Landscape Inventory, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, National Park Service. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 550051. NPS Southeast Regional Office. Southeast Regional Office/CLI Database
Cheatham Hill, a fully-integrated parcel within the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, is located within the southern half of the park, south of Dallas Road. Cheatham Hill marks the area of furthest Union penetration during the futile attacks of June 27, 1864. The property is accessible by vehicular traffic via a north-trending road that connects Cheatham Hill to Dallas Road. Cheatham Hill is also accessible by pedestrian traffic via foot trails from the north and the south. The site is circumscribed by second-growth hardwood forest and has no distinct edges that define its boundary. The focal point of the commemorative landscape is the crest of Cheatham Hill where the Illinois Monument, its stone staircase, and related stone markers terminate the path from the parking lot and pedestrian trails. Cannons occupy gun emplacements within the Confederate fort and are accessed by trails behind the earthworks. The parcel is primarily wooded, with an open grassy understory interspersed with shade trees along the trails and on the hill behind the earthworks. The Union approach route to the Confederate earthworks is represented by open fields below the Illinois Monument that are mown for hay.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc., contractor; John Milner Associates, subcontractor
- Date of Issue
- 2009-05-05
- Publisher
- NPS Southeast Regional Office
- Units
- KEMO , SER
- Keywords
- American Civil War, Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Cheatham Hill, Cobb County, Confederate Fort, Earthworks, Georgia, Illinois Monument, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Human Use | Cultural Landscapes | Cultural Landscapes