2 mi. W of Marietta, Marietta, Georgia. County/parish: Cobb.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000063.
2 contributing buildings. 2 contributing sites. 7 contributing structures. 10 contributing objects.
Kennesaw Battlefield Park preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, and also contains Kennesaw Mountain. It is located at 900 Kennesaw Mountain Drive, between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia. The name "Kennesaw" derives from the Cherokee Indian "Gah-nee-sah" meaning "cemetery" or burial ground. The area was designated as a U.S. historic district on October 15, 1966.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207587