In May 1864, Sherman wrongly assumed Johnston's whole army had fallen back to Kingston and massed his forces here, while Hardee's Confederate corps and the rest of the army had actually shifted east toward Cassville.
Hardee's Corps at Kingston
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Hardee's Corps at Kingston is a historical marker in Kingston, Bartow County, erected in 1953. 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 34.2385, -84.9523 near Kingston. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Federal Army at Kingston (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Rome Railroad, House - Site Thomas V. B. Hargis, and Nellie Margaret Harris Applin.
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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