During the fighting on the Dallas - New Hope Church front, the intrenched line held by Gen. J. E. Johnston’s Confederate forces crossed the road here. The line was erected and occupied on May 26 and abandoned on June 4, 1864. Three of the 10 miles of this line were on the summit of Ellsberry Mountain to the northeast. In 10 days of constant fighting between Confederate and Federal forces, no advantage was gained, and the stalemate was broken by Sherman’s flanking movement around the Confederate right at Old Allatoona Church 11 miles to the northeast in Cobb County.