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Photo Gallery: Confederate Line, 5 P.M. May 19, 1864
 Marker text:
The three corps of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Army were
withdrawn from N. & W. of Cassville to this ridge, E. & S. of the town.
Hardee was posted astride the R.R. near Cass Station on the S.; Polk
centered here & Hood's line skirted the cemetery N.
This shift from an aggressive to a defensive position resulted in a Council
of War at Polk's h'dq'rs, where it was claimed the line was untenable,
whereupon Johnston ordered a retreat to the Etowah River that night.
008-23 Georgia Historical Commission 1953
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