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I have not spent any significant time on the Atlanta Campaign articles, but I came across this one while working on the biography of Leonidas Polk. The scope of this article seems odd because it directly overlaps with two battles that are described separately. The National Park Service webpage on this refers to it as Marietta Operations, not Battle of Marietta. In the book,

Kennedy, Frances H., ed., The Civil War Battlefield Guide, 2nd ed., Houghton Mifflin Co., 1998, ISBN 0-395-74012-6.

which uses the same organization as the CWSAC, but usually with more detail, refers to this action (GA013) as "Lost Mountain -- Brushy Mountain Line, Georgia" and gives dates of June 9-18. Suggestions? Hal Jespersen (talk) 20:11, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]