Historical Marker

Second Shoupade

Smyrna · Cobb County

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Preserves part of Johnston's River Line, where Confederate engineer Gen. Francis Shoup designed arrowhead-shaped log-and-earth forts called 'shoupades' in July 1864 to defend the Chattahoochee crossings near Smyrna.

About this site

Second Shoupade is a historical marker in Smyrna, Cobb County. It is one of 152 historical markers documented in Cobb County, among 377 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.8370, -84.4907 near Smyrna. The nearest cataloged historic site is Shoupade Park (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Collins Springs Cemetery, Welcome Grove Cemetery, and Here Johnston’s River Line Crossed the Rd..

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

📍 33.8370, -84.4907 · Smyrna, Cobb County

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