page_title: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Summit of Kennesaw Mountain, summer afternoon thunderstorms approaching
context_page_description: Kennesaw Battlefield Park preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, and also contains Kennesaw Mountain. It is located at 905 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia. The name "Kennesaw" derives from the Cherokee Indian "Gah-nee-sah" meaning "cemetery" or burial ground. The area was designated as a U.S. historic district on October 15, 1966.
context_section_description: The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, fought here between Generals William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union army and Joseph E. Johnston of the Confederate army, took place between June 18, 1864, and July 2, 1864. Sherman's army consisted of 100,000 men, 254 cannons and 35,000 horses, while Johnston's army had only 50,000 men and 187 cannons. Much of the battle took place not on Kennesaw Mountain itself, but on a spur of Little Kennesaw Mountain known now as Pigeon Hill, and the area to its south around Cheatham Hill.  A total of 5,350 soldiers died during the battle, which resulted in a Confederate victory.
caption: Summit of Kennesaw Mountain, summer afternoon thunderstorms approaching
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