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I'm going hiking with the Cub Scouts tomorrow... so it's tonight Jim Beam and Coca Cola only.

Kennesaw Mountain is 1808 feet above sea level. It is approximately a 700 foot incline from the Visitor Center to the mountain's summit. The hike up is approximately 1.4 miles on the road and 1.2 mile up the trail.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, at 905 Kennesaw Mountain Drive between Marietta and Kennesaw, Georgia, preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign, and also contains Kennesaw Mountain. The name Kennesaw is derived from the Cherokee Indian "Gah-nee-sah" meaning cemetery, or burial ground.

The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, fought here between General William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union army and Joseph E. Johnston of the Confederate army, took place between June 18, 1864, and July 2, 1864. Sherman's army consisted of 100,000 men, 254 cannon and 35,000 horses, while Johnston's army had only 50,000 men and 187 cannon. Much of the battle took place not on Kennesaw Mountain itself, but on Little Kennesaw and the area to its south. 5,350 soldiers were killed during the battle.

Established as Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Site on February 8, 1917, it was transferred from the War Department on August 10, 1933, and redesignated a national battlefield park on June 26, 1935. As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966.

Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield is a 2,923 acre National Battlefield that preserves a Civil War battleground of the Atlanta Campaign. There are 3 battlefield areas: In front of the Visitor Center, off Burnt Hickory Road and the main site is located at Cheatham Hill [then commonly known as the Dead Angle]. The visitor center provides introductory information about the Battlefield and the battle. While walking some of the 17.3 miles of interpretive walking trails you will see historic earthworks, cannon emplacements and various interpretive signs. There are 3 monuments representing states who fought here.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield was authorized for protection by the War Department in 1917 and was transferred to the Department of the Interior as a unit of the National Park System in 1933. The 2,923 acre Battlefield includes the site of some of the heaviest fighting of the Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War. The Battlefield was set aside as an important cultural property dedicated to public inspiration and interpretation of the significant historic events that occurred here.

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Neat place; I've been there once.

It also provided the name of baseball's first commissioner; link here for those looking to broaden their horizons.
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TheDukester wrote:Neat place; I've been there once.

It also provided the name of baseball's first commissioner; link here for those looking to broaden their horizons.

I did not know that! :oops:
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Cool. I think you've mentioned Cub Scouts once or twice recently; is this something new or you just becoming more active with them? :)

Anyway, remember, pix or ... ;)
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SandChigger wrote:Cool. I think you've mentioned Cub Scouts once or twice recently; is this something new or you just becoming more active with them? :)

Anyway, remember, pix or ... ;)
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SandChigger wrote:Anyway, remember, pix or ... ;)
God damnit...


There will be pix from atop Kennesaw Mountain.
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Freakzilla wrote:
SandChigger wrote:Anyway, remember, pix or ... ;)
God damnit...


There will be pix from atop Kennesaw Mountain.

And not just of the top of the mountain like some people take. Me and Jimmy (Future Fascist Party President (you think I'm Joking... wherever me and my wife go, they say, "Hey, where's Jimmy?" or "You must be Jimmy's parent's") will be in them.
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Freakzilla wrote:
Freakzilla wrote:
SandChigger wrote:Anyway, remember, pix or ... ;)
God damnit...


There will be pix from atop Kennesaw Mountain.

And not just of the top of the mountain like some people take. Me and Jimmy (Future Fascist Party President (you think I'm Joking... wherever me and my wife go, they say, "Hey, where's Jimmy?" or "You must be Jimmy's parent's") will be in them.
If you are going hiking you best get some sleep young man or you just might fall off that mountain while taking the picture.

Have fun tomorrow. (or should I say later on today ;) )
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Eyes High wrote:If you are going hiking you best get some sleep young man or you just might fall off that mountain while taking the picture.

Have fun tomorrow. (or should I say later on today ;) )
I was a Cavalry Scout in the US Army. That's not a mountain, it's a ridgeline.

Besides...

I grew up in the shadow of that mountain. I mean, right under it. As a child I tested the skills of National Park Rangers.

Pussies.

I look forward to taking my son to the museum at the Visitor's Center.
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Why don't you take a dictaphone with you and write a book?
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That's so passé.
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Omphalos wrote:Why don't you take a dictaphone with you and write a book?
Hey ... that's not a bad idea.

In fact, I'd pay you $549 for that idea!
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That was a lot steeper than I remember!

:whew:

I do not recommend doing that hung over.

We took a Pack photo at the top, I'll post it when the Den Leader sends it to me.
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Glad to see you made it back in one piece. Or maybe I should say; I WILL be glad to see that you made it back in one piece when the pic is posted.
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Eyes High wrote:Glad to see you made it back in one piece. Or maybe I should say; I WILL be glad to see that you made it back in one piece when the pic is posted.
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More hikin' pics!
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