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By July 1864 Union engineers had heavily fortified Allatoona Pass with earthen forts, ditches, and rifle pits guarding the railroad cut. These works made the pass Sherman's key forward supply base on the line to Chattanooga.
Historical Marker
Federal Trenches
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About this site
Federal Trenches is a historical marker in Allatoona, Bartow County. 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 34.1170, -84.7147 near Allatoona. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Eastern Redoubt (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Military Service Road, The Crow's Nest, and The Allatoona Mountain Range.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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