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Battle of Resaca

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again. Johnston tried canceling the attack, but it was too late. By happenstance, Stewart's brigades emerged from the forest one at a time and were badly mauled by Williams' division. Williams' troops lost 48 killed and 366 wounded while inflicting 1,000 casualties on Stewart's division. Stevenson's division also lost at least 100 casualties in the botched attack. Hovey's XXIII Corps division, formed of recruits, was supposed to support Williams, but instead its soldiers hugged the ground and refused to go forward. Meanwhile, at Lay's Ferry, Sweeny learned that the Confederate bridge was a false report. So, he repeated the successful operation of the previous day and formed a bridgehead on the south bank.
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direct threat to his army's retreat route. Johnston directed his army to utilize the railroad and wagon bridges, plus the pontoon bridge. The four guns abandoned between the lines were the only equipment left behind. Polk's and Hardee's corps used the railroad and wagon bridges while Hood's corps used the pontoon bridge. The Confederate army passed over the Oostanaula bridges by 3:30 am, detected only at 3 am when Logan's XV Corps skirmishers found the Confederate trenches empty. Johnston's engineers removed the pontoon bridge and set fire to the other two spans, but Logan's men saved the wagon bridge from destruction and captured some stragglers.
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and move it to the left flank. Johnston originally planned to attack the Federal left flank again, but canceled that plan when he heard that Union forces had bridged the Oostanaula and gained a foothold in Polk's defenses. During the morning, the only action occurred when some of Stoneman's cavalry crossed the Conasauga and overran a Confederate hospital before being chased away. At 1 pm, Howard launched his attack and it was immediately repulsed by intense rifle and cannon fire. One general reported that his brigade suffered 120 casualties in thirty seconds before the survivors were ordered to retreat. Union brigade commander
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Resaca, indicating that the Confederates were probably retreating. Sherman ordered the XIV Corps to hurry up and that formation hiked through Snake Creek Gap that night. Howard's IV Corps and Stoneman's cavalry division, which had finally arrived at the front, occupied Dalton on the morning of May 13. Howard notified Sherman at 9 am that Dalton was evacuated via a temporary telegraph line strung between his headquarters and McPherson's. In the morning, Sherman's forces advanced toward Resaca, getting within 2 mi (3.2 km) by 10 am. Kilpatrick led his cavalry on a
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Johnston, the Confederate commander sent the divisions of Cleburne and Walker to Tilton, north of Resaca. On May 10, Sherman learned McPherson had failed to cut the railroad and immediately sent Hooker's XX Corps to join him at Snake Creek Gap; leaving Howard's IV Corps in front of Rocky Face Ridge, he then followed Hooker with the rest of the army. On May 11, Polk reached Resaca with Loring's division; next day, Palmer's and Schofield's corps followed, while Johnston evacuated Dalton that night and marched his troops south to Resaca.
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Sherman's handling of the battle, namely launching costly attacks, leaving his left flank open to a counterattack, failing to fire on the bridges with his artillery, and failing to utilize the Lay's Ferry bridgehead to threaten Johnston's retreat. Johnston also mounted costly attacks, but his retreat was "well-timed and well-executed". Nevertheless, Sherman managed to push Johnston back toward Atlanta and made it impossible for Johnston to send troops to Lee.
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army and Hooker's corps across the Oostanaula to be in a position to interfere with a possible Confederate retreat. Sherman rejected that idea. The pontoons arrived on the morning of May 14 and they were at Lay's Ferry on the Oostanaula a few hours later. During the morning, at Sherman's behest, McPherson ordered Sweeny's division to cross the Oostanaula and for Garrard to march to Rome.
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When Howard's IV Corps arrived from the north at 11 am, Sherman ordered Palmer's XIV Corps and Schofield's XXIII Corps (on Palmer's left) to advance. Sherman believed they were striking the Confederate right flank. In fact, the Union troops were unwittingly attacking the Confederate right-center. The
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so that Kilpatrick's cavalry could cross the Oostanaula and damage the railroad. He also wanted Garrard's cavalry to cross and move toward Rome. Meanwhile, Sherman wanted the Union infantry to attack so that Johnston would be unable to stop Kilpatrick and Garrard. Thomas suggested sending McPherson's
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That evening, after meeting with Hood and Hardee, Johnston ordered his army to retreat from Resaca. He knew Sherman's army was fully entrenched from the Conasauga to the Oostanaula, and could potentially detach forces against his supply line. He saw that Union troops at Lay's Ferry bridgehead were a
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On May 9, Thomas and Schofield sent skirmish lines to probe the Confederate defenses on Rocky Face Ridge. Johnston deployed Hardee's corps on the left and Hood's corps on the right. Only Harker's brigade pressed its attack, but it was repulsed. When reports of Union forces at Snake Creek Gap reached
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of the Union Army ordered Sherman, "to move against Johnston's army, to break it up, and to get into the interior of the enemy's country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources". Rather than "break up" the Confederate army, Sherman planned to drive it back to
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On May 14, Sherman gained a foothold west of Resaca but an attack on Confederate defenses to the north and northwest was repulsed, as was an assault by Johnston on the Union left flank later the same day. On May 15, Sherman's attack to the north and a Confederate counterattack were both stopped, but
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On May 15, Sherman ordered Howard's and Hooker's corps to attack from the north and drive toward Resaca. McPherson was directed to hold his ground in the expectation that he would be attacked. Palmer's corps was also ordered to hold its ground. Schofield was instructed to pull his corps out of line
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Sherman thought that Johnston intended to retreat from Resaca, a belief strengthened by seeing the Confederate wagon train crossing to the south bank of the Oostanaula. In fact, Johnston hoped Sherman would attack him and offer the chance to deal the Union army a counterblow. Sherman ordered up his
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and two XV Corps divisions marched as far as the northern end of the gap that evening. The third XV Corps division was guarding the wagon train and Garrard's cavalry was still distant. Sherman directed Kilpatrick to assist McPherson by sending a cavalry brigade. McPherson let Sherman know he was in
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on May 7, Loring's division (5,145) from Mississippi on May 10–12, French's detachment (550) on May 12, Jackson's cavalry (4,477) on May 17, and French's division (4,174) on May 19. Other units arrived at a later date. There were about 8,000 non-combatants supporting the army, many of whom were men
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both listed 2,747 Union casualties and 2,800 Confederate casualties. These sources called the battle inconclusive and indecisive. Sherman forced Johnston to abandon two "tactically strong defensive positions", though the Confederate army was able to escape intact both times. Castel was critical of
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To Howard's left, Hooker attacked with Geary's and Butterfield's divisions, about 12,000 men, at 1:30 pm. Each division's three brigades formed a brigade column, that is, with the regiments formed one behind another. However, the approach march took the brigades through dense underbrush and across
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On the afternoon of May 12, Sherman arrived at McPherson's headquarters. The first words he said to his subordinate were, "Well, Mac, you have missed the opportunity of a lifetime". Later that day, Thomas also arrived and informed Sherman that Johnston's wagon train was sighted moving south toward
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forward. The regiment captured the bridge over Camp Creek and entrenched a position protecting the span. At 5 pm, McPherson became aware that the Confederates opposing him were sending troops to the north. Determined to stop the transfer of more troops, he ordered two XV Corps brigades to seize a
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The Union forces were confronted by the bulk of Johnston's army. Only the divisions of Bate, Hindman, and Stewart were still marching from Dalton and reached Resaca that evening. Stoneman's and McCook's cavalry and Howard's IV Corps pushed south from Dalton, slowed by Wheeler's effective delaying
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Logan's XV Corps deployed with Veatch's XVI Corps division on its right and elements of the XX Corps on it left and at 1 pm began pressing back Confederate skirmishers. By 4:30 pm, Logan's troops drove the Confederates from Bald Hill and confronted a heavily defended line of entrenchments outside
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When Jefferson Davis awoke to the danger Sherman posed to Georgia, he authorized Polk to send Loring's division from Mississippi and an infantry brigade from Mobile. Polk exceeded his orders by ordering French's division and Jackson's cavalry to move from Mississippi to Georgia and by going there
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After Johnston heard that the Federals were no longer a threat at Lay's Ferry, he ordered Hood to attack the Union left flank again. At 4 pm, Stewart's division launched its attack as per Hood's instructions. Soon after, Walker reported that the Federals were across the Oostanaula at Lay's Ferry
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At 4 pm, Logan's two divisions reached the crossroads, releasing Veatch's division. Veatch's men crossed Camp Creek on Sweeny's left and approached the railroad. Meanwhile, Sweeny's division pressed forward and got within 200 yd (183 m) of the railroad. McPherson, worried that he was
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On the night of May 9, Cantey reported to Johnston that cavalry sighted Union troops near Villanow. Therefore, Johnston ordered J. Warren Grigsby's cavalry brigade to occupy Snake Creek Gap. As Grigsby's troopers approached the gap at mid-morning of May 10, they encountered McPherson's advance
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Confederate earthworks overlooking the battlefield at Resaca, 1864. "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" Vol 4 p.299 identifes this view as taken on "Extreme Left (View Looking South) of the Confederate Lines at Resaca...The cluster of houses include the railway station, the railway running
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and rifle fire. Because artillery placed on the hill could hit the railroad and wagon bridges, Johnston ordered a pontoon bridge to be placed out of cannon range. At Lay's Ferry, Sweeny's division managed a successful assault crossing of the Oostanaula. However, after receiving a report that
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declined. Davis expected the main Union offensive to be in the east and believed that the Union army did not have the strength to mount major offensives in both east and west. When Wheeler reported with near-accuracy that Sherman had 103,000 soldiers, Davis and his military adviser
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credited Thomas' army with 63,000, McPherson's army with 24,000, and Schofield's army with 13,500. On May 1, Sherman had 88,188 infantry, 4,460 artillery, and 6,149 cavalry, or an effective strength of 98,797 men. According to Kevin W. Young, Sherman had 110,000 troops.
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walking into a trap, recalled both of Dodge's divisions and marched his command back to Snake Creek Gap after losing 6 killed, 30 wounded, and 16 captured. His orders were to break the railroad, but all his troops accomplished was to cut down some telegraph wire.
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tactics. Johnston deployed Polk's corps on the Confederate left flank, facing west with its left resting on the Oostanaula. Hardee's corps held the center also facing west. Hood's corps defended the right flank, facing to the north with its right touching the
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from the cannons. By the time the Confederates attempted a third attack, Williams' division arrived and repelled it with heavy losses. On Stevenson's right, Stewart's division moved too far to the right and never made contact with the Union flank.
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and its partners have acquired and preserved 1,044 acres of the Resaca battlefield as of mid-2023. The Friends of Resaca Battlefield and the Georgia Battlefields Association created a 500-acre battlefield park along Camp Creek.
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from the west. Johnston retreated to Resaca where he was joined by reinforcements gathering there; he was pursued by Sherman, most of whose forces followed McPherson through Snake Creek Gap, while others came south down the
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refused to believe it. Bragg asserted that Sherman had no more than 70,000, including a field force of 60,000. Davis did not trust Johnston, but felt that he could not replace him on the eve of the campaign.
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generally parallel with the earth-works here seen, which in the distance desccend to the Oostenaula River. The railway and wagon bridges mentioned in the notes on p.266 are near the railway station."
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from Hooker's corps was sent. Stevenson's soldiers overwhelmed Stanley's two left brigades but when they tried to overrun the 5th Indiana Battery, they were driven back by deadly fire from its six
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According to Castel, Union casualties at Resaca numbered 4,000 including 600 killed or mortally wounded. Confederate losses were around 3,000 of whom 500–600 men and 4 guns were captured. The
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The campaign began with Johnston holding strong defensive positions at Buzzard's Roost Gap and Rocky Face Ridge, which he hoped Sherman would assault. He was compelled to abandon
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Atlanta. Since Atlanta was a critical Confederate railroad, supply, and manufacturing center, Sherman chose it as his objective. Sherman assumed that Grant's operations against
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ravines, which mixed up the brigades and regiments. Various units of Union soldiers emerged from the rough terrain in a haphazard way and their attacks were repelled. However,
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The battlefield is preserved as the Resaca Battlefield State Historic Site and is open Fridays and weekends. The location is 183 Resaca Lafayette Rd., Resaca, GA 30735. The
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and gathered a field army numbering 110,000 soldiers of which 99,000 were available for "offensive purposes". All of the Union army's 254 guns consisted of
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and two smaller railroads. By also prioritizing military use of the railroads, Sherman accumulated ample supplies by the end of April 1864. The
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wanted Johnston to take the offensive against the Union troops opposed to him. Johnston asked for reinforcements, but Confederate President
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connected Chattanooga with Atlanta and also supplied Johnston's army at Dalton. Sherman's 2,000-man railroad repair organization was led by
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passed through the 4 mi (6.4 km) long gorge of Snake Creek Gap and reached its southern exit. The other XVI Corps division of
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and Chattanooga, his Union troops would still be able to campaign. Sherman solved this problem by confiscating rolling stock from the
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Inside Confederate fortifications after the battle at Resaca, Georgia, May 1864, showing dead horses and men of an artillery battery.
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Union soldiers blundered through heavy underbrush and suddenly confronted Confederate entrenchments on the east side of Camp Creek.
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would be secondary. One thing both Grant and Sherman agreed on was that Johnston must not be allowed to reinforce Lee in the east.
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Resaca. By the evening of May 13, Sherman's forces were aligned, from right to left, as follows: Veatch's division, Logan's corps,
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forward base to supply 100,000 soldiers and 35,000 horses for 70 days. That way, if the Confederates blocked the railroad between
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seized the northern tip of the ridge and other units moved up to Buzzard Roost Pass. At Dug Gap 6 mi (9.7 km) south,
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On April 30, Johnston's Army of Tennessee reported 41,279 infantry, 8,436 cavalry, and 3,227 artillerymen serving 144 guns.
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on Sherman's left flank. McPherson's army marched south-southeast from Lee and Gordon Mill to Ship's Gap and then east to
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told him that the gap was undefended because of "a flagrant disobedience to orders", but did not name the guilty party.
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Originally, Sherman planned to have McPherson's army thrust across the northeast corner of Alabama in the direction of
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Snake Creek Gap and issued orders to advance to Resaca the next morning. Cleburne later wrote that Johnston's
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himself. By May 3, Sherman's forces were in motion. On May 7, Palmer's XIV Corps marched southeast from
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Sherman hoped to catch up with and crush Johnston's retreating army between the Oostanaula and the
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by James Walker was stored for many years in various locations, but was re-discovered in 2010.
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focused on a brave staff officer who was killed by recklessly riding into the line of fire.
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at Field's Mill before turning south to form Sherman's left wing. Johnston retreated toward
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Pen and ink drawing of the Civil War battle of Resaca, GA., May 15, 1864, by G. H. Blakeslee
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toward Mill Creek Gap in Rocky Face Ridge. Schofield's XXIII Corps marched southwest from
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According to Young, Johnston had "almost 70,000" troops after Polk's corps joined. The
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Confederates were building a bridge upstream, Sweeny withdrew from his bridgehead.
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on the extreme left flank. Howard asked for reinforcements and the division of
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According to William R. Scaife, the Confederate force included a brigade under
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After a 20 mi (32.2 km) march on May 9, the XVI Corps division of
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to connect with the IV Corps near Catoosa Springs. McCook's cavalry was at
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to support the XIV Corps, and Hooker's XX Corps marched southeast from
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The Conasauga and Coosawattee join near Resaca to form the Oostanaula.
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detected weakness in the Confederate skirmish line and pushed the
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would not join until June 8. Schofield's army was made up of the
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was seriously wounded in the subsequent exchange of rifle fire.
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other Union forces seized a bridgehead on the south bank of the
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would be the primary campaign and that his operations in the
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seized the unguarded Snake Creek Gap on May 8, threatening
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Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 . 889:In early April, the Confederate government in 695:under Schofield and a cavalry division led by 456:, from May 13 to 15, 1864, formed part of the 3059: 2703: 2454:. Vol. 3. New York, N.Y.: Random House. 800:credited Johnston with 60,000 men at Resaca. 765:. Polk's corps consisted of the divisions of 613:counted 25,000 soldiers and 96 guns, and the 293: 8: 2629:The Battle of Resaca: Atlanta Campaign, 1864 709:Atlanta campaign Confederate order of battle 562:George H. Thomas, who in 1846 fought at the 491:, and is generally viewed as inconclusive. 2590:Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War 2373:. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. 2255: 729:. The army was soon joined by the corps of 5222: 5205: 5044: 4605: 4594: 4381: 4178: 4171: 4158: 3843: 3417: 3410: 3381: 3093: 3082: 3066: 3052: 3044: 2710: 2696: 2688: 2470:"Resaca: The Civil War Battlefield Detail" 753:. 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Anderson 4185: 4183: 4176: 4168: 4167: 4162: 4155: 4154: 4151: 4150: 4147: 4146: 4143: 4142: 4140: 4139: 4134: 4129: 4124: 4119: 4114: 4109: 4103: 4101: 4097: 4096: 4094: 4093: 4088: 4083: 4078: 4073: 4068: 4063: 4058: 4053: 4051:South Carolina 4048: 4043: 4038: 4033: 4028: 4026:North Carolina 4023: 4018: 4013: 4008: 4003: 3998: 3993: 3988: 3983: 3978: 3973: 3968: 3963: 3958: 3953: 3948: 3943: 3938: 3933: 3928: 3923: 3918: 3913: 3908: 3903: 3898: 3893: 3888: 3883: 3878: 3873: 3868: 3863: 3858: 3852: 3850: 3841: 3837: 3836: 3834: 3833: 3828: 3823: 3818: 3813: 3808: 3803: 3798: 3793: 3788: 3783: 3778: 3773: 3768: 3763: 3758: 3753: 3751:Fredericksburg 3748: 3743: 3738: 3733: 3728: 3723: 3718: 3713: 3708: 3703: 3698: 3693: 3691:Wilson's Creek 3688: 3683: 3677: 3675: 3668: 3667: 3665: 3664: 3659: 3654: 3649: 3644: 3639: 3634: 3629: 3624: 3619: 3614: 3609: 3604: 3599: 3594: 3589: 3584: 3579: 3574: 3569: 3564: 3559: 3554: 3549: 3544: 3539: 3533: 3531: 3524: 3523: 3521: 3520: 3515: 3510: 3505: 3503:Lower Seaboard 3500: 3495: 3489: 3487: 3483: 3482: 3479: 3478: 3476: 3475: 3470: 3465: 3459: 3457: 3451: 3450: 3448: 3447: 3442: 3437: 3432: 3426: 3424: 3415: 3407: 3406: 3403: 3402: 3399: 3396: 3393: 3390: 3386: 3385: 3378: 3377: 3374: 3373: 3370: 3369: 3367: 3366: 3361: 3359:Harriet Tubman 3356: 3355: 3354: 3347:Charles Sumner 3344: 3339: 3334: 3329: 3324: 3319: 3314: 3309: 3304: 3299: 3294: 3289: 3283: 3281: 3275: 3274: 3272: 3271: 3264: 3259: 3254: 3249: 3244: 3239: 3234: 3229: 3224: 3217: 3212: 3207: 3201: 3199: 3193: 3192: 3190: 3189: 3184: 3182:States' rights 3179: 3174: 3169: 3164: 3159: 3154: 3149: 3144: 3139: 3134: 3129: 3124: 3119: 3114: 3108: 3106: 3104: 3103: 3097: 3090: 3089: 3086: 3079: 3078: 3073: 3071: 3070: 3063: 3056: 3048: 3039: 3038: 3036: 3035: 3023: 3012: 3009: 3008: 3006: 3005: 2999: 2997: 2993: 2992: 2990: 2989: 2984: 2978: 2976: 2972: 2971: 2969: 2968: 2963: 2958: 2952: 2950: 2946: 2945: 2943: 2942: 2941: 2940: 2935: 2930: 2925: 2915: 2910: 2905: 2904: 2903: 2898: 2893: 2888: 2883: 2878: 2873: 2868: 2863: 2858: 2853: 2848: 2843: 2838: 2833: 2828: 2823: 2818: 2813: 2803: 2797: 2795: 2791: 2790: 2788: 2787: 2782: 2777: 2772: 2766: 2764: 2760: 2759: 2757: 2756: 2751: 2745: 2743: 2739: 2738: 2736: 2735: 2729: 2727: 2723: 2722: 2717: 2715: 2714: 2707: 2700: 2692: 2686: 2685: 2667: 2666:External links 2664: 2663: 2662: 2656: 2643: 2637: 2624: 2611: 2594: 2583: 2580: 2579: 2578: 2561: 2555: 2542: 2526: 2506: 2486: 2466: 2460: 2444: 2427: 2407: 2401: 2385: 2379: 2363: 2337: 2331: 2317: 2314: 2312: 2311: 2299: 2287: 2260: 2248: 2246:, p. 193. 2236: 2224: 2222:, p. 335. 2212: 2210:, p. 186. 2200: 2198:, p. 185. 2188: 2186:, p. 181. 2176: 2164: 2162:, p. 188. 2152: 2140: 2138:, p. 334. 2128: 2116: 2114:, p. 179. 2104: 2102:, p. 173. 2092: 2080: 2068: 2056: 2054:, p. 168. 2044: 2042:, p. 169. 2032: 2020: 2008: 1996: 1984: 1972: 1960: 1948: 1936: 1934:, p. 156. 1921: 1909: 1907:, p. 153. 1897: 1885: 1883:, p. 151. 1873: 1861: 1859:, p. 150. 1849: 1837: 1825: 1813: 1801: 1789: 1787:, p. 183. 1777: 1775:, p. 135. 1765: 1753: 1751:, p. 126. 1741: 1729: 1727:, p. 124. 1717: 1715:, p. 127. 1705: 1693: 1681: 1669: 1657: 1645: 1628: 1613: 1598: 1596:, p. 106. 1586: 1584:, p. 281. 1574: 1562: 1560:, p. 113. 1550: 1538: 1523: 1521:, p. 289. 1511: 1509:, p. 705. 1499: 1487: 1485:, p. 115. 1475: 1473:, p. 112. 1459: 1458: 1457: 1451: 1450: 1440: 1439: 1438: 1437: 1432: 1429: 1428: 1427: 1422: 1415: 1412: 1402:Ambrose Bierce 1398: 1395: 1385: 1382: 1341: 1338: 1337: 1336: 1333: 1326: 1324: 1321: 1314: 1312: 1309: 1302: 1300: 1297: 1290: 1232:August Willich 1195: 1192: 1128:John Bell Hood 1115:Henry M. Judah 1088: 1085: 1053:reconnaissance 1035: 1032: 1030: 1027: 1002:elements, the 993:chief of staff 908: 905: 805: 802: 786:Hugh W. Mercer 727:Joseph Wheeler 723:John Bell Hood 704: 701: 661:Kenner Garrard 645:John M. Palmer 619:John Schofield 541: 538: 536: 533: 445: 444: 442: 441: 436: 431: 426: 421: 416: 411: 406: 401: 396: 391: 386: 381: 376: 371: 366: 361: 359:Pickett's Mill 356: 351: 346: 341: 336: 331: 326: 320: 317: 316: 307: 305: 304: 297: 290: 282: 274: 273: 270: 266: 265: 261: 260: 257: 256:98,787–110,000 253: 252: 248: 247: 242: 236: 235: 234:Units involved 231: 230: 229: 228: 223: 221:John Bell Hood 218: 198: 197: 196: 194:John Schofield 191: 186: 165: 164: 160: 159: 147: 129: 128: 124: 123: 120: 119: 116: 112: 111: 72: 70: 66: 65: 60: 52: 51: 41: 40: 33: 32: 26: 25: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 5767: 5756: 5753: 5751: 5748: 5746: 5743: 5741: 5738: 5736: 5733: 5731: 5728: 5726: 5723: 5721: 5718: 5717: 5715: 5700: 5696: 5692: 5690: 5682: 5681: 5678: 5664: 5661: 5660: 5658: 5654: 5648: 5645: 5643: 5640: 5638: 5635: 5633: 5630: 5628: 5625: 5623: 5620: 5618: 5617:Photographers 5615: 5613: 5610: 5608: 5605: 5603: 5600: 5598: 5595: 5593: 5592:Gender issues 5590: 5588: 5585: 5581: 5578: 5577: 5576: 5573: 5569: 5566: 5565: 5564: 5561: 5559: 5556: 5554: 5551: 5549: 5546: 5545: 5543: 5539: 5531: 5528: 5526: 5523: 5521: 5518: 5516: 5513: 5512: 5511: 5508: 5506: 5503: 5501: 5498: 5496: 5493: 5491: 5488: 5487: 5485: 5481: 5475: 5472: 5470: 5467: 5465: 5462: 5460: 5457: 5455: 5454: 5450: 5448: 5445: 5443: 5440: 5438: 5435: 5434: 5432: 5430: 5426: 5420: 5419:War Democrats 5417: 5415: 5412: 5410: 5409:Union Leagues 5407: 5405: 5402: 5400: 5397: 5395: 5392: 5390: 5387: 5385: 5382: 5380: 5377: 5375: 5372: 5370: 5367: 5365: 5362: 5360: 5357: 5355: 5352: 5350: 5347: 5345: 5342: 5341: 5339: 5335: 5329: 5326: 5324: 5321: 5319: 5316: 5314: 5311: 5309: 5308:Turning point 5306: 5304: 5301: 5299: 5296: 5294: 5291: 5289: 5286: 5284: 5281: 5279: 5278:Naval battles 5276: 5274: 5271: 5269: 5266: 5264: 5261: 5259: 5256: 5254: 5251: 5249: 5246: 5244: 5241: 5239: 5236: 5234: 5231: 5230: 5228: 5224: 5220: 5212: 5211: 5207: 5203: 5189: 5186: 5184: 5181: 5179: 5176: 5174: 5171: 5169: 5166: 5164: 5163: 5159: 5157: 5154: 5152: 5149: 5147: 5144: 5143: 5141: 5137: 5131: 5128: 5126: 5123: 5122: 5120: 5116: 5106: 5103: 5099: 5096: 5094: 5091: 5089: 5086: 5085: 5084: 5081: 5080: 5078: 5074: 5066: 5063: 5061: 5058: 5057: 5056: 5053: 5052: 5050: 5046: 5043: 5041:and memorials 5037: 5031: 5028: 5026: 5023: 5021: 5018: 5016: 5013: 5011: 5008: 5006: 5003: 5001: 4998: 4996: 4993: 4991: 4988: 4986: 4983: 4981: 4978: 4974: 4971: 4969: 4966: 4965: 4964: 4961: 4959: 4956: 4952: 4949: 4947: 4944: 4942: 4939: 4937: 4934: 4932: 4929: 4927: 4924: 4922: 4919: 4917: 4914: 4912: 4909: 4907: 4904: 4903: 4902: 4901:Commemoration 4899: 4898: 4896: 4890: 4884: 4881: 4879: 4876: 4872: 4869: 4868: 4867: 4864: 4862: 4859: 4857: 4854: 4850: 4847: 4846: 4845: 4842: 4840: 4837: 4835: 4832: 4828: 4825: 4823: 4820: 4818: 4815: 4813: 4810: 4809: 4808: 4805: 4801: 4798: 4796: 4793: 4791: 4788: 4786: 4783: 4781: 4778: 4777: 4776: 4773: 4771: 4768: 4766: 4763: 4761: 4758: 4754: 4751: 4749: 4746: 4744: 4743:first inquiry 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Index

Battle of Resaca de la Palma
Atlanta Campaign

Gordon County
Whitfield County, Georgia
34°34′53″N 84°56′19″W / 34.5815°N 84.9385°W / 34.5815; -84.9385
United States
United States
Union
Confederate States of America
CSA (Confederacy)
United States
William T. Sherman
George H. Thomas
James B. McPherson
John Schofield
Confederate States of America
Joseph E. Johnston
William J. Hardee
John Bell Hood
Leonidas Polk
Military Division of the Mississippi
Army of Tennessee
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Rocky Face Ridge
Resaca
First Tilton

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