Atlanta campaign
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Was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864.
Chronology
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August 1864: Union troop maneuver preceding the Utoy Creek. Indecisive battle on Union right flank near Atlanta.
May 1864: Battle of Rocky Face Ridge. Due to a flanking movement by Union troops under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, Confederates led by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston were forced to evacuate their strong position near Atlanta.
May 1864: Union troop maneuver preceding the Battle of Adairsville.
May 1864: Battle of New Hope Church. Confederate Hooker's forces defeated.
May 1864: Battle of Pickett's Mill. Unsuccessful attack by Union General Sherman on Johnston.
June 1864: Battle of Dallas (Georgia). Confederate withdrawal in Georgia.
June 1864: Battle of Kolb's Farm. Union victory.
June 1864: Union troop retreat after the Battle of New Hope Church.
June 1864: Union troop retreat after the Battle of Pickett's Mill.
July 1864: Battle of Peachtree Creek. Union victory.
July 1864: Battle of Atlanta. Victory of Union army who reaches the southeast of Atlanta, Georgia.
July 1864: Union troop maneuver preceding the Battle of Brown's Mill. Confederate victory.
August 1864: Union troop maneuver preceding the Battle of Lovejoy's Station. Confederates repel Union raiders attacking the station.
August 1864: Union troop retreat after the Battle of Brown's Mill.
September 1864: Atlanta falls to the Union on September 2, 1864, after a siege.
September 1864: Union troop retreat after the Battle of Utoy Creek.
June 1864: Union troop maneuver preceding the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Confederate Johnston repulses Sherman.
July 1864: Union troop retreat after the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
July 1864: Battle of Ezra Church. Confederate attack on Union army northwest of Atlanta fails to gain element of surprise, finding entrenched Union forces. Union victory.
September 1864: Battle of Jonesborough. William J. Hardee's Confederates defeated, resulting in Atlanta's fall the following day.
September 1864: Union troop retreat after the Battle of Lovejoy's Station.
May 1864: Battle of Resaca: It ended inconclusively with the Confederate Army retreating.
July 1864: Battle of Marietta. Union victory. Confederates withdrew.
Selected Sources
Battle of Adairsville. National Park Service. Retrieved on 31 March 2024 on https://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-battles-detail.htm?battleCode=GA009
Fredriksen, J.C. (2010): Chronology of American Military History - Volume 1, Facts On File, p.577
List of American Civil War battles. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 31 March 2024 on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Civil_War_battles
