Calhoun, Georgia

Calhoun is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, United States. It was founded as the town of Dawsonville shortly after the expulsion of the Cherokee in 1835. It was renamed Calhoun after John C. Calhoun died in 1850. Calhoun was one of the towns William Sherman passed through (and destroyed much of) during his Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.

Calhoun in Southern Victory
Calhoun was the headquarters of a brigade of Conferate infantry commanded by Brigadier General Clarence Potter briefly at the end of 1943, before Potter was relieved by George Patton.