Named For Mary Cobb, the wife of U.S. Senator and U.S. Supreme Court Judge Thomas Willis Cobb County Seat of Cobb County In History During the Civil War, General William Tecumseh Sherman's forces occupied Marietta for five months. In November of 1864, troops commanded by Union General Hugh Kilpatrick set the town on fire before embarking on the "March to the Sea" Most People Don't Know That they can take a one-hour, fully-narrated tour of Marietta, including Civil War sites of the city and the surrounding area, on "Uncle Ruban," a replica of the historic Marietta Trolley Famous Sons and Daughters Academy Award-winning actress Joanne Woodward was born in Thomasville and lived in Marietta from the second grade until her junior year in high school Best Kept Secret Marietta Town Square Don't Miss Marietta Museum of History Nearby Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield