Never been in Atlanta.
Have gone back and forth to Benning many times from various duty stations.
Lotsa Civil war battlefields around the place.
Drove by em on the interstate alot, never stopped...
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Going to Pine Top to see where Bishop Polk( Confederate general)
Got sniped by a 3 inch ordanance rifle by Leather Britches Dilger would be cool though at least to me.
2 ranging shots and the 3rd waylaid his azz through the left arm and chest out the right side.
Urban legend was Sherman took the shot...
But he didnt.....
Ole Polk was just among a group of confed gens checking out a salient bulge in their lines, deciding whether or not to hold or move back the line due to its exposure.
Cpt Dilger and his Battery of 3 inch ordnance rifles had carte blanche permission from Sherman to rove battlefields and set up where he could do the most damage.
Free lance type of stuff.
He seen the group of people up on pine top and acted on the immediate target of opportunity.
The other Confederate gens had enough common sense to unazz the spot on the 1st 2 shots.
Ole Bishop Polk thought it was beneath his dignity to haul azz and seek cover and just walked away slowly with his arms and hands clasped behind his back.
Cpt Dilger sighting the gun himself.
Dilger was basically a German officer/mercenary that joined the union army.
Trained his battery to a series of hand claps and limited english he had.
Boom chakalaka got him on the 3rd shot.
And that factoid is just off the top of the noggin stuff..
Anyone is welcome to fact check it....
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I cant chime in on places to eat...
Sorry dude....
