Battle of Allatoona (1956)

The October 1864 clash at Allatoona Pass pitted Gen. French's Confederates against Corse's Union garrison defending the deep railroad cut. The Federals held, protecting Sherman's vital supply route to Atlanta.

Battle of Allatoona is a historical marker in Cartersville, Bartow County, erected in 1956. 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 34.1653, -84.7300 near Cartersville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Etowah and the War (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mark Anthony Cooper's Iron Works, Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery, and Celebrating Iron Hill's Rich Ore Tradition.

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