Dead Angle

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Dead Angle is the Civil War battlefield position at Cheatham Hill in Georgia, notorious for its brutal close-quarters fighting during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Civil War battlefield position ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
associatedWithBattle Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
associatedWithUnit Confederate defenders of Cheatham Hill ⓘ
Union assaulting brigades ⓘ
battleOutcomeContext Confederate defensive victory at Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
commandedBy Benjamin F. Cheatham ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currentUse historic interpretive site ⓘ
dateOfEvent June 27, 1864 ⓘ
defendedBy Cheatham's Division ⓘ
hasFeature battlefield markers ⓘ
overlook of assault area ⓘ
preserved trenches ⓘ
hasInterpretiveTrail Cheatham Hill trail ⓘ
linked to: Cheatham Hill
hasMemorial Confederate earthwork markers ⓘ
Illinois Monument ⓘ
historicalSignificance example of Civil War trench warfare ⓘ
site of heavy Union casualties ⓘ
locatedIn Cheatham Hill ⓘ
Cobb County, Georgia ⓘ
State of Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Georgia
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
near Marietta, Georgia ⓘ
notableFor brutal close-quarters fighting ⓘ
intense Civil War combat ⓘ
opposedBy Union Army ⓘ
partOf Battle of Kennesaw Mountain battlefield ⓘ
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park ⓘ
partOfCampaign Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
partOfDefensiveLine Confederate defenses at Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
sideHeldBy Confederate States Army ⓘ
terrainFeature entrenched earthworks ⓘ
salient in Confederate line ⓘ
steep slope ⓘ
timePeriod 1864 ⓘ
visitedFor Civil War history tourism ⓘ
military history education ⓘ

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Cheatham Hill → alsoKnownAs → Dead Angle ⓘ