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- noun battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston
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Examples
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His first stop was a municipal water tank atop a low hill in the shadow of Kennesaw Mountain.
Civil War Reconstructed Cameron McWhirter 2011
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Gen. Sherman and his 100,000 men encountered 65,000 Confederates dug in along 12 miles of earthworks at Kennesaw Mountain.
Civil War Reconstructed Cameron McWhirter 2011
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That usually means all I can do is a quick climb up and down Kennesaw Mountain or a three mile run on the treadmill at the gym.
Kia Taylor: This is How We Do It Kia Taylor 2011
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That usually means all I can do is a quick climb up and down Kennesaw Mountain or a three mile run on the treadmill at the gym.
Kia Taylor: This is How We Do It Kia Taylor 2011
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He suffered a serious head injury at Kennesaw Mountain and once escaped captors in Alabama.
Lacerating Wit, Seasoned Cynic Bill Kauffman 2011
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Kennesaw Mountain was the site of a major battle in General Sherman's march on Atlanta in 1864.
Henry J. Stern: Jail to the Thief Henry J. Stern 2010
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Frontal assaults on an enemy's Mountain Fortress hideout would be another Peleliu or Iwo Jima or Kennesaw Mountain none of which we need to waste our Military upon, unless we are chosing to lose the war.
Obama is like Bush... that's been one of my tags for quite a while. Ann Althouse 2009
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But I'm not sure why Kennesaw Mountain made the list and not Nashville.
From On High 2005
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Every couple of months, under Thomas Starkey's command, they went to a simple, post-and-beam log cabin on Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia and spent a long weekend together.
Four Blind Mice Patterson, James, 1947- 2002
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I was captured at Cheatham's Bend near Marietta, Georgia, [in the battle of Kennesaw Mountain] on the 27th day of June, 1864.
Tales from a Civil War Prison: Reverend Doctor James Durham West 1999
jennarenn commented on the word Kennesaw Mountain
As in Kennesaw Mountain Landis.
December 28, 2009
Jubjub commented on the word Kennesaw Mountain
_Best Name Ever!_ His name alone might be the reason I've followed baseball all these years.
December 28, 2009
jennarenn commented on the word Kennesaw Mountain
It must have been tough to grow up named after a civil war battle. Just sayin'.
December 28, 2009