Editing Kennesaw, Georgia (section)

===Civil War===
Camp MacDonald, a [[training camp]], was located there from 1861 to 1863.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/ga-north.html#shanty|title=Georgia Forts: page 7|website=www.northamericanforts.com|access-date=2013-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129163700/http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/ga-north.html#shanty|archive-date=2012-11-29|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Big Shanty was the site of major fighting in the [[Battle of Kennesaw Mountain]], part of the larger [[Atlanta Campaign]]. [[Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nps.gov/kemo |title=Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park – Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park |publisher=Nps.gov |access-date=2012-07-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013162433/http://www.nps.gov/kemo/ |archive-date=2010-10-13 |url-status=live }}</ref> located southeast of the city limits, now contains many of these historic areas. Much of the surrounding land has been [[Land development|developed]], and many of the buried [[Artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] have been searched for and taken by people with [[metal detector]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Kennesaw|first1=Mailing Address: 900 Kennesaw Mountain Dr|last2=Us|first2=GA 30152 Phone: 770-427-4686 x0 Contact|title=Relic Hunting and Metal Detecting - Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (U.S. National Park Service)|url=https://www.nps.gov/kemo/planyourvisit/relic-hunting.htm|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.nps.gov|language=en}}</ref> Some artifacts of the Civil War are still on display in the visitor center of Kennesaw Mountain.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Kennesaw|first1=Mailing Address: 900 Kennesaw Mountain Dr|last2=Us|first2=GA 30152 Phone: 770-427-4686 x0 Contact|title=Basic Information - Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (U.S. National Park Service)|url=https://www.nps.gov/kemo/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm|access-date=2020-10-29|website=www.nps.gov|language=en}}</ref>