Confederate Line
5 P.M. May 19, 1864
The three corps of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Army [CS] were withdrawn from N. & W. of Cassville to this ridge, E. & S. of the town.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 Johnson ordered a retreat to the Etowah River that night.
Marker is at the intersection of Mac Johnson Road and Alisha Circle, in the median on Mac Johnson Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
