Cassville, Georgia
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ZIP code 30123[1] |
Cassville is an
Cassville, although no longer incorporated, is said to encompass an area beginning at the Cassville Road-Firetower Road intersection and extending a mile in all directions. Cassville lies in between Adairsville and Cartersville, off U.S. Route 41. It is considered part of metro Atlanta but maintains its small town atmosphere.
Other points of interest include the Cassville History Museum, Cassville Visitors Information, and Cassville Confederate Cemetery, located on Cass-White Road.
History
The town of Cassville was
The name was changed to Manassas in 1861 after the success of the Confederacy in the First Battle of Bull Run. But as a direct result, the town was burned by Union General
About 300 unknown Confederate soldiers died of wounds or disease in Cassville's several Confederate hospitals. These hospitals operated from late 1861 until May 18, 1864, when ambulances moved patients south out of the path of the invading Federal forces. In May 1899, the Cassville Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, to honor these unknown soldiers, placed headstones at each of their graves in the local cemetery.[7][8]
On May 19, 1864, Confederate General
The Confederates held a council of war at the William Neal McKelvey residence May 19. They discussed the advisability of holding the position east and south of Cassville. Present were: Johnston; Polk; Hood; Maj. General S. C. French; and Captain W.J. Morris, Chief Engineer, Polk's aide-de-camp. After hearing the statements of the council, Johnston ordered the withdrawal of the army at midnight.[13][14]
May 19, 1864: Butterfield's (3rd) Division, XXth Corps [US], moving southeast from McDow's, left the road here and marched to the Hawkins Price house, en route to Kingston The 1st and 2nd Divisions [US], on roads west, had the same objective - an erratic move by Sherman who assumed that Johnston's Army [CS] had retreated on Kingston. Butterfield's march disclosed that Johnston's Army was at Cassville, not Kingston. The XXIII Corps (Schofield) [US] marched on this road from McDow's, reaching Cassville at dark.[15]
Here the night of May 19, 1864, the Confederate Generals Johnston, Polk and Hood, conferred and decided to abandon Cassville and to move south of the Etowah, although Johnston originally had intended to fight here.[16][17]
Cassville Female College was founded in 1853. On May 19, 1864, skirmishers of Polk's Army Corps [CS] withdrew from this ridge east to Cassville when pressed back by Butterfield's (3d) Div., XXth Corps [US], from the Hawkins Price house.
Noble Hill Rosenwald School, now known as Noble Hill-Wheeler Memorial Center, was built in 1923 as the first standard school for black children in the Bartow County School System. The school closed in 1955 when all the county's schools for black children were consolidated to form Bartow Elementary School at a central location. Today the restored building is a cultural heritage museum with emphasis on black life in Bartow from the early 1900s to the present.[20][21]
On Chapman Hill, a school for boys was established in January 1854. This was a large three-story brick building flanked by two-story wings. It burned in 1856, was rebuilt in 1857, and was destroyed by Federal forces on October 12, 1864. This, and the Methodist Female College 3/4 miles northeast, were the first chartered institutions of higher education in Cherokee Georgia. Their destruction, together with the burning of Cassville, marked the passing of a notable educational center in this section of the state.[22][23]
Notable people
- Barry Loudermilk, U.S. Congressman from Georgia's 11th congressional district.
- Brigadier General William T. Wofford is buried here. He surrendered the last remaining Confederate troops east of the Mississippi in nearby Kingston.
See also
References
- ^ "Cassville ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
- ^ "Bartow County". Calhoun Times. September 1, 2004. p. 15. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ Marker db m12371
- ^ Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — Site of Cassville — Named For Lewis Cass
- ^ Marker db m12359
- ^ Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-17 — Town Of Cassville
- ^ Map (db m13978)
- ^ Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-39B — Confederate Dead
- ^ marker db m13484
- ^ Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-19 — Gravelly Plateau & Two Run Creek
- ^ Marker db m12368
- ^ Marker db m13940
- ^ marker db m15457
- ^ Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-38 — Polk's Headquarters
- ^ Marker db m13929
- ^ A marker was erected 1948 By Patriots Of Bartow County Inscription by Col. Thomas Spencer, marker db m15454
- ^ Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — Historic McKelvey House
- ^ marker db m13941
- ^ Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-21 — Site - Cassville Female College
- ^ marker db m13456
- ^ Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-52 — Noble Hill Rosenwald School
- ^ Map ( marker db m13942
- ^ Georgia (Bartow County), Cassville — 008-22 — Site - Cherokee Baptist College