Johnston's Headquarters
Inscription
JOHNSTON'S HEADQUARTERS. During the fighting at Dallas, New Hope Church, Pickett's Mill & elsewhere along the opposing Confederate & Federal lines, General J. E. Johnston [Confederate] had h'dq'rs at the Wm. Wigley house (which stood near here) May 25 - June 1, 1864. Posey Wigley (10 yr. old son of Wm.
& Fanny), later recalled seeing Gen. Johnston at his widowed mother's house & removal of family & household goods to a place of safety - hence, Lt. T. B. Mackall's reference to "Widow Wigley's deserted house" as Johnston's headquarters. (O.R. 38, III, 987). 110-17 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953
Location
AddressAbout 3/4 mile southeast of New Hope Church on Bobo Road
CountyPaulding
StateGeorgia
Coordinates33.920550, -84.867290