Grandpa was laid up in the Battle (Allatoona Pass)

 

Allatoona Pass is a stone’s throw of Allatoona Landing at Lake Allatoona.  Back on Octobr 5, 1864, it hosted a very bloody battle in the Civil War.  5000 men were involved.  There was 30% casualties..  Months before in June was the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, here in Marietta, as a matter of fact, by reflectors the two high points of each communicated.    My great great grandfather William Trammell/Huntter’s unit 39th North Carolina Infantry, Company I was there.  Willliam wasn’t.  He was in a private residence in Woodstock, Georgia, recuperating from a shot in the knee he received on Kennesaw Mountain.