- Joined
- Oct 4, 2013
- Location
- Cobb's Legion Country - Bowdon, Ga.
Yesterday's trip consisted of parking at Pigeon Hill and following the Confederate line south to Dallas Hwy toward Cheatham hill and ending where I stopped on my last post.
This is by far my favorite part of the park. There is a main trail that runs straight down through the middle and smaller side trails that actually follow the trenches that no one knows about. I will take you down them today!
First up is a picture of war time Burnt Hickory Road. I just past the house Leonidas Polk used as his HQ when he was killed. The approximate spot this picture was taken coincides with a picture, I am not sure if it Barnard or not, from the same spot right after the war. I can't find it now but will try to add it later.
The parking lot is just ahead on the right.
Small grove of oaks at the parking lot.
Another shot of Burnt Hickory Road. During the war there was a small community here with several houses, and church, and the Hardage Mill on the creek. The village was abandoned when the armies moved in and never reappeared. Just off to the right is the foot of Pigeon Hill. It is said to be named that due to the large flocks of Passenger Pigeons that used to roost there.
This picture shows the foot of Pigeon Hill. It doesn't look like much but it is quite the hike once you get in the woods.
The fighting here took place at the same time as Cheatham Hill. Here as well as CH they had no success and were badly mauled. This series of pictures though will show trenches and works that were not directly assaulted but were the scenes of trench warfare for a week and a half.
Through this field charged the Ohio and Indiana boys of Joseph Lightburn's brigade.
This is toward the route of attack of Lightburn's brigade toward Georgians under Hugh Mercer.
This is the positions of Mercer's Georgians. They would have been firing toward you into the field behind.
Continuing down the trail you come upon this field. Just inside the treeline to the left was S.R. Gist's brigade of Georgians and South Carolinians.
On Gist's right were the Georgians under John Jackson (With many of my ancestors along with Gist's brigade)
This picture is basically turning around from the last pic and snapping a pic in the other direction. This was the start of Gist's brigade.
After walking a bit from my last picture I remembered to provide reference. The blue dot is the area I'm in.
All along the trail, about 30 yards behind the main line are these holes. I don't know what they are. My first thought was tree root holes but they seem to be too regular to be that. Rifle pits? Artillery emplacement? My imagination? No clue.
Here the trail passes through the trenches on a small salient between Gist and the Orphan Brigade under Joseph Lewis. I seem to think these would still be Gist's men. I would imagine they would put their left on the creek at the bottom of the ravine and Lewis would put his right on the creek. That just my opinion though.
Spot of the last picture.
Can't put anymore pics in this post... more to come in just a second...
This is by far my favorite part of the park. There is a main trail that runs straight down through the middle and smaller side trails that actually follow the trenches that no one knows about. I will take you down them today!
First up is a picture of war time Burnt Hickory Road. I just past the house Leonidas Polk used as his HQ when he was killed. The approximate spot this picture was taken coincides with a picture, I am not sure if it Barnard or not, from the same spot right after the war. I can't find it now but will try to add it later.
The parking lot is just ahead on the right.
Small grove of oaks at the parking lot.
Another shot of Burnt Hickory Road. During the war there was a small community here with several houses, and church, and the Hardage Mill on the creek. The village was abandoned when the armies moved in and never reappeared. Just off to the right is the foot of Pigeon Hill. It is said to be named that due to the large flocks of Passenger Pigeons that used to roost there.
This picture shows the foot of Pigeon Hill. It doesn't look like much but it is quite the hike once you get in the woods.
The fighting here took place at the same time as Cheatham Hill. Here as well as CH they had no success and were badly mauled. This series of pictures though will show trenches and works that were not directly assaulted but were the scenes of trench warfare for a week and a half.
Through this field charged the Ohio and Indiana boys of Joseph Lightburn's brigade.
This is toward the route of attack of Lightburn's brigade toward Georgians under Hugh Mercer.
This is the positions of Mercer's Georgians. They would have been firing toward you into the field behind.
Continuing down the trail you come upon this field. Just inside the treeline to the left was S.R. Gist's brigade of Georgians and South Carolinians.
On Gist's right were the Georgians under John Jackson (With many of my ancestors along with Gist's brigade)
This picture is basically turning around from the last pic and snapping a pic in the other direction. This was the start of Gist's brigade.
After walking a bit from my last picture I remembered to provide reference. The blue dot is the area I'm in.
All along the trail, about 30 yards behind the main line are these holes. I don't know what they are. My first thought was tree root holes but they seem to be too regular to be that. Rifle pits? Artillery emplacement? My imagination? No clue.
Here the trail passes through the trenches on a small salient between Gist and the Orphan Brigade under Joseph Lewis. I seem to think these would still be Gist's men. I would imagine they would put their left on the creek at the bottom of the ravine and Lewis would put his right on the creek. That just my opinion though.
Spot of the last picture.
Can't put anymore pics in this post... more to come in just a second...