{"nrhp_refnum":"73000637","name":"Pickett's Mill Battlefield Site","other_names":[],"category":"site","location":{"address":"NE of Dallas off GA 92","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Paulding County","state":"GA","lat":33.976219101000055,"lon":-84.75202902269271,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1973-04-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Military"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A roughly 200-acre Civil War battlefield site north of Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, where the Battle of Pickett's Mill was fought on May 27, 1864. It preserves trenches, embankments and the ruins of the mill.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the site is significant as the location of a little-known but costly Union setback in Sherman's 1864 Atlanta Campaign, where Confederates under Johnston and Cleburne won the day. Its main value is its integrity: the land remains essentially as it was during the battle, with entrenchments, traverses and a mass burial pit still identifiable. The form also notes it was proposed for state acquisition under Georgia's Heritage Trust program.","narrative":"Pickett's Mill Battlefield Site covers about 200 acres north of Dallas, Georgia, and preserves the ground where Union and Confederate forces clashed on May 27, 1864, during Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. Union troops under General O. O. Howard tried to turn the Confederate flank and were repulsed by forces under General Patrick Cleburne. Union losses were heavy, with Howard reporting about 1,500 men lost and later accounts putting total casualties near three thousand. The battle is among the lesser-known engagements of the campaign. The site was listed chiefly for its integrity. Trench lines, embankments and traverses remain clearly visible, felled trees still lie across some works, and a pit where hundreds of Union dead were hastily buried can still be identified, although the remains were later moved to a nearby cemetery. The foundation of the ruined mill sits beside the creek, with mill race logs preserved nearby. The state proposed acquiring the site for a larger park.","period_of_significance":"1864 (specific date May 27, 1864; 19th century)","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":null,"criteria":[],"status_note":"Described as in excellent condition with few intrusions, apart from dumped trash and souvenir-hunter digging; the form states it was not in use at present and was proposed for state acquisition as part of a state park.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.275774-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/73000637.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000637/115e73f738-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/73000637/115e73f738-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"George Puvvada","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pickett%27s_Mill_Battlefield_Site,_Paulding_County,_Georgia_by_George_Paul_Puvvada.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">George Puvvada</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pickett%27s_Mill_Battlefield_Site,_Paulding_County,_Georgia_by_George_Paul_Puvvada.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209235","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickett%27s_Mill_Battlefield_Site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16898345"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/paulding-county/picketts-mill-battlefield-site-73000637/"}