24. The SITE OF JOHNSTON'S HEADQUARTERS, 

Marietta St. and Lewis Ave., NW., is marked by a pyramid of cannon balls on a concrete base. Here, on July 18, 1864, General Joseph E. Johnston, in compliance with orders from President Jefferson Davis, transferred his command of the Army of Tennessee to General John B. Hood. From the town of Dalton, Georgia, Johnston had made a gradual and orderly retreat before the vastly superior numbers of General Sherman, choosing his positions shrewdly and falling back to avoid costly losses of men in open battle. Dissatisfaction with these tactics increased among the civil authorities, however, until Johnston was relieved ofhis command, a move that is generally regarded as a serious military blunder in the Atlanta campaign.

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