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