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On June 19, 1864, McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee, the left wing of Sherman’s army, moved into the rugged Brushy Mountain sector on the Kennesaw Mountain front. The 17th Army Corps and Garrard’s cavalry were northeast of this point, while the 15th and 16th were southwest. Hood’s Army Corps and Wheeler’s cavalry, east of Kennesaw Mountain, were opposite the 17th Army Corps; Polk’s Army Corps under Loring was on the mountain; and Hardee’s Army Corps was on Loring’s left, south of the mountain. On June 21, Hood was shifted to Hardee’s left, extending the line south to the Powder Springs Road and leaving Wheeler’s cavalry to hold the Confederate right. For two weeks, Kennesaw Mountain was the strategic point of the Confederate position.
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