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On June 25 and 26, 1864, troops designated to assault Confederate forces on Kennesaw Spur moved to this sector and aligned astride the Burnt Hickory Road at this point. On June 27, Walcutt’s brigade of Harrow’s division north of the road, G.A. Smith’s astride the road, and Lightburn’s south of it from M. L. Smith’s division moved east toward Kennesaw Spur, where the attack struck Gen. S.G. French’s division of Loring’s A.C., [CS], and the right of Hardee’s A.C. [CS] just south of it. The assault failed to break the Confederate line, and a similar attack at Cheatham Hill, 2.5 miles south, was also without result; together the two engagements were known as the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
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