Brushy Mountain Line

BRUSHY MOUNTAIN LINE. June 19, 1864. McPherson's Army of the Tenn., left wing of Sherman's army [U.S.], 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. [U.S.] Hood's A. C. & Wheeler's Cav.

[C.S.] (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 [C.S.], 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.

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