Photosphere - Kennesaw

[civilwarincolor]

Road to the summit

Visitors center 1

Visitors center 2

 

[RebYell64]

You're making me wish I was there! I've spent plenty of time up on the summit of that mountain. Spent the night up there for a reenactment, and my pillow was the little stone marker that marked the top off the mountain. One of the coolest things I've ever done.

 

[TinCan]

Beautiful country, simply beautiful.

 

[civilwarincolor]

You're making me wish I was there! I've spent plenty of time up on the summit of that mountain. Spent the night up there for a reenactment, and my pillow was the little stone marker that marked the top off the mountain. One of the coolest things I've ever done.

When I was in High School my Dad was in the Air Force and we lived a few miles from the battlefield. Spent a lot of time on the top of that mountain. Did not find out until a few years ago that I had two ancestors that fought in the battle. Terrific place, wish the area around it was not so congested.

 

[MRB1863]

Thank you for the nice presentation. Sadly this was my first "visit" to the historic site.

 

[1stMN]

Thank you for the nice presentation. Sadly this was my first "visit" to the historic site.

Mine too, I'll get there someday though!

 

[civilwarincolor]

Thank you for the nice presentation. Sadly this was my first "visit" to the historic site.

Mine too, I'll get there someday though!

I wish there was more images to showcase. Hopefully someone in the area, or visiting, can take more and post the links!

 

[RebYell64]

When I was in High School my Dad was in the Air Force and we lived a few miles from the battlefield. Spent a lot of time on the top of that mountain. Did not find out until a few years ago that I had two ancestors that fought in the battle. Terrific place, wish the area around it was not so congested.

There are only a few places in Cobb County that I personally enjoy spending leisure time. Atlanta took most of the county away from the South, in my honest opinion. But Kennesaw and Marietta Square are two placed there that are untouched, mostly just because it's historic.

Most people have never heard of the Battle of Noonday Creek, well, that's because they built a mall on top of it. In fact, most all of Barrett Parkway ran over the Battlefield, movements of both armies, etc. Before the mall was built they found an old barn with relics in it. Imagine what they could've dug up, disturbed, or moved while grading that land? There are only small pieces of land underneath some overpasses that are untouched, mostly just because nobody can get to it.

But I have kin that live in that county, and the urban development is ridiculous. They tore down a church to build some luxury houses. The cemetery from the church (which is the final resting place of several Confederate Veterans) is still there and sits as their front yards now. Because Property Value?? I don't know. Nobody lives in those houses.

Hopefully it stops in the Cobb County line and doesn't come up north where I am.

 

[civilwarincolor]

There are only a few places in Cobb County that I personally enjoy spending leisure time. Atlanta took most of the county away from the South, in my honest opinion. But Kennesaw and Marietta Square are two placed there that are untouched, mostly just because it's historic.

Most people have never heard of the Battle of Noonday Creek, well, that's because they built a mall on top of it. In fact, most all of Barrett Parkway ran over the Battlefield, movements of both armies, etc. Before the mall was built they found an old barn with relics in it. Imagine what they could've dug up, disturbed, or moved while grading that land? There are only small pieces of land underneath some overpasses that are untouched, mostly just because nobody can get to it.

But I have kin that live in that county, and the urban development is ridiculous. They tore down a church to build some luxury houses. The cemetery from the church (which is the final resting place of several Confederate Veterans) is still there and sits as their front yards now. Because Property Value?? I don't know. Nobody lives in those houses.

Hopefully it stops in the Cobb County line and doesn't come up north where I am.

I think part of the problem, particularly for Atlanta, was that a lot of those that had lived through it and the burning of Atlanta wanted to forget the war and did not see the need to preserve it. This was passed down to the next generation and then when "Gone With The Wind" came out it spread and that "became" the war and the Battle of Atlanta. It was more of a Book/Movie and less of history and so the real places that they had seemed less important and easier to plow up and pave over. Kennesaw and a few places outside of Atlanta got spared but if Atlanta had chosen to remember, rather than replace her history I think there could have been parts of Atlanta that would have rivaled Gettysburg or Antietam.

 

[RebYell64]

I think part of the problem, particularly for Atlanta, was that a lot of those that had lived through it and the burning of Atlanta wanted to forget the war and did not see the need to preserve it. This was passed down to the next generation and then when "Gone With The Wind" came out it spread and that "became" the war and the Battle of Atlanta. It was more of a Book/Movie and less of history and so the real places that they had seemed less important and easier to plow up and pave over. Kennesaw and a few places outside of Atlanta got spared but if Atlanta had chosen to remember, rather than replace her history I think there could have been parts of Atlanta that would have rivaled Gettysburg or Antietam.

Somewhere in an alternate universe, I sure hope that's the case. Very good point.

Atlanta is a big city that know how to be a big city, in my opinion. Downtown is fine and all, but the suburbs are a mix of small town Georgia attitudes combined with big city ideals....and it's just....weird. I suppose there are many places, even historical areas, that are like that, but the disregard for history that's there is almost hilarious.

My friend volunteers at Kennesaw Mountain and he says that the questions he gets asked are ridiculous.

"There was a war fought here?"
"Yes - actually, it was a battle from the war."
"Which War was that? Revolutionary War?"
"Nope....Civil War..."
"What happened in that War?"
"South seceded and formed the Confederate States of America, North came down to help restore the Union..."
"Ahh....where's the hiking trail again?"

 

[rickvox79]

I'm hoping to go up to Kennesaw, Pickett's Mill, and Resaca in either March or April. I usually try to take a lot of videos and pictures so I'll post them once I go. Really looking forward to it, now just gotta count down the weeks and days.

 

[jackt62]

I visited Kennesaw a few year ago, thanks for those wonderful vista views. Are any of the other battle sites in the Atlanta campaign preserved?

 

[Rank and File]

I visited Kennesaw a few year ago, thanks for those wonderful vista views. Are any of the other battle sites in the Atlanta campaign preserved?

Thanks for the pictures. I visited there last September, and though impressed with the Visitor's Center, I was disappointed in the housing developments that crowd the battlefield. I was there for the first time in the late 70s and prefer what it was like then.

 

[rickvox79]

I visited Kennesaw a few year ago, thanks for those wonderful vista views. Are any of the other battle sites in the Atlanta campaign preserved?

Resaca and Pickett's Mill are both pretty well preserved from what I've read although I haven't been to either one yet. Pickett's Mill has been pretty much left untouched, even without any monuments. I'm looking forward to visiting both of those battlefields as well as Kennesaw.

 

[RebYell64]

If you travel to far north Georgia, Chickamauga (God help my spelling) and the Lee and Gordon Mill is really nice.