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Interesting Facts About Marietta
Today a commercial hub of north Georgia, Marietta begins its life as a cluster of homes near an old Indian trail. The original four homes comprise a community of less fifty people. Cobb County is organized as one of 10 counties from the original Cherokee County and named for T.R.R. Cobb. Marietta, named for his wife Mary, becomes county seat in 1834.
Among the early residents is James Anderson, first postmaster of the city. Designing many north Georgia towns, he incorporated the concept of a central square as had been done in his hometown, Savannah. He used this concept in the design of Marietta.
The Panic of 1837 throws the city into economic turmoil. By this time grading had begun on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, destined to run from the Chattahoochee to the Tennessee River. Stephen Long, building the railroad, had chosen Marietta as home base. For the first three years of the Panic, Marietta suffers somewhat less than its neighbors because of Mr. Long's railbuilding activities. Then he quits, citing undeserved criticism from the state. For two years (1840-1842) the project comes to a halt, although a significant amount of the grading has been completed.
A year after the start of the War of Northern Aggression, a favored term in the city for the War Between the States, Marietta saw James Andrews and 20 spies boarding the General after spending a night in the Fletcher House (now the Kennesaw House) and Cole's, local boarding houses. The Great Locomotive Chase followed. With mounting losses closer and closer to home, and the city's proximity to the railroad, Marietta became a hospital town, and served in that capacity throughout the Atlanta Campaign. The fourth Cobb County Courthouse in Marietta Square, 1872-1968 In June, 1864, William Tecumseh Sherman begins shelling the town from positions west of Kennesaw Mountain. On June 22, 1864, Sherman tries to outflanked his opponent at Kolb's Farm. General John Bell Hood stops the attack, but sustains heavy losses. On June 28, 1864, Sherman attempts a frontal assault on Joseph E. Johnston's entrenched positions across a front some two miles in length. This time the Union forces suffer heavy casualties. The line holds, but on the evening of July 2nd, Johnston withdraws to the east.
The withdrawal leaves the city to the bluecoats. who occupy the town from July 2nd through November 14, 1864. General George Thomas uses the Georgia Military Institute as his headquarters while Sherman stays, albeit briefly, at the Kennesaw House. When Atlanta is finally captured (Sept. 2, 1864) most federal troops remain stationed in the Marietta vicinity. The city of Marietta is set on fire at the start of "The March to the Sea" by Hugh Kirkpatrick, Sherman's "Merchant of Terror." Most of the downtown area is destroyed.
As a center for cotton distribution, and thanks to its location near a major railroad, Marietta grew. Within five months (April, 1865) the South had surrendered. During Reconstruction the city grew, partly to Atlanta's choice as the state capital, partly because of its development as a rail center. A National Cemetery was created just east of downtown in 1866. Marietta's citizens did not want their dead buried near Yankees, so they created the Confederate Cemetery the same year. Through the last third of the century the city became a center of commerce for north Georgia. By the dawn of the new century Marietta had built a new railroad depot (now home to the Marietta Welcome Center) and soon (July 17, 1905) would inaugurate trolley service.