CWS Kennesaw Mountain and the Atlanta Campaign

Kennesaw was the “one last mountain” between General William T. Sherman and Atlanta, Georgia. When Union troops arrived in Marietta, the “Gibraltar of Georgia” towered 1,800 feet and sat only 25 miles west of Sherman’s final destination. Soon, the Union launched a frontal assault on the seven-mile-long Confederate line stationed at Little Kennesaw Mountain, Pigeon Hill, and Cheatham Hill. Although resulting in a tactical victory for the Confederacy, the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain did little to stop Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign and infamous “March to the Sea.”

On July 20, 1864, a Southern refugee family stood on a street corner in Atlanta. To the east, a federal artillery crew loaded a shell into a 20-pounder Parrot rifle and pulled the lanyard, watching as the projectile hurtled towards the family. When the smoke cleared, the family’s young daughter lay dead, and the siege of Atlanta had begun. Union troops rained destruction on the city until it surrendered 44 days later.

This new edition of Kennesaw Mountain and the Atlanta Campaign from the popular National Park Service’s Civil War Series provides readers insight into this pivotal encounter with historical photos, comprehensive text, and detailed troop movement maps that help illustrate the series of events leading up to and including the siege of Atlanta.

Collect all National Park Civil War Series books, comprising more than 30 titles. From the first cannons fired at Fort Sumter to Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, this award-winning collection illustrates the full scope of the war with remarkable vividness and accessibility.

Product Details

• Historical nonfiction
• 7.75"x11", full-color & perfect-bound, 48 pages
• Text by Albert Castel
• Printed in USA, published by Eastern National