Image Courtesy of Larry Vogel

Marker Text: July 19, 1864. McPherson's Army of the Tenn., left wing of Sherman's army [US], moved into this sector -- the rugged terrain of Brushy Mtn. -- on the Kennesaw Mountain front.

The 17th A. C. & Garrard's Cav. were N. E. of this point; 15th & 16th, S. W. [US] Hood's A. C. & Wheeler's Cav. [CS] (E. of Kennesaw Mtn.) were opp. the 17th A. C.; Polk's A. C. (Loring), on the mtn.; Hardee's A.C. on Loring's left [CS], S. of the mtn. June 21, Hood was shifted to Hardee's left -- prolonging the line S. to the Powder Springs road, leaving Wheeler's cav. to hold the Confederate right.

For two weeks, Kennesaw Mountain was the strategic point of the Confederate position