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From the sign:
Battle of Kolb's Farm -- June 22, 1864
A costly Confederate attack here stopped the Union army's attempt to bypass Kennesaw Mountain.
On June 22, 1864, Confederate Gen Joseph E Johnston sent Lt Gen John Bell Hood's 13,000 troops down Powder Springs Road to stop the Federal army's threat to his flank. When Confederate skirmishers encountered Maj Gen Joseph Hooker's 11,000-man Union corps here at Kolb's farm, Hood ordered his troops to attack.
Hooker, having learned of Hood's plans from some captured Confederates, ordered his troops to dig in. At 4:00pm, Hood sent two of his three divisions toward the waiting Federals. After several unsuccessful charges through the woods, fields, and swamps across the road, the battered Confederates withdrew. |