Allatoona Pass (2019)

The deep railroad cut through Allatoona was strategically vital to Sherman's supply line. On October 5, 1864, Confederate Gen. French failed to dislodge the outnumbered Union garrison holding the pass.

Allatoona Pass is a historical marker in Allatoona, Bartow County, erected in 2019. It is one of 139 historical markers documented in Bartow County, among 265 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.1134, -84.7147 near Allatoona. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wartime Allatoona (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include A Demand For Surrender, The Battle of Allatoona Pass, and The Railroad.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.