Atlanta Campaign

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The Atlanta Campaign 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. Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman invaded Georgia from the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee, beginning in May 1864, opposed by the Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston.

Johnston's Army of Tennessee withdrew toward Atlanta in the face of successive flanking maneuvers by Sherman's group of armies. In July, the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, replaced Johnston with the more aggressive Maj. Gen. John Bell Hood, who began challenging the Union Army in a series of damaging frontal assaults. Hood's army was eventually besieged in Atlanta and the city fell on September 2, setting the stage for Sherman's March to the Sea and hastening the end of the war.

The campaign consisted of:

Battle of Rocky Face Ridge - May 7-13

Battle of Resaca - May 13-15

Battle of Adairsville May 17

Battle of New Hope Church May 25-26

Battle of Pickett's Mill - May 27

Battle of Dallas - May 26 - Jun 1

Operations around Marietta - Jun 9 - July 3

Battle of Kolb's Farm - Jun 22

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain - Jun 27

Battle of Pace's Ferry - 5 Jul

Battle of Peachtree Creek - 20 Jul

Battle of Atlanta - 22 Jul

Battle of Ezra Church - 28 Jul

Battle of Brown's Mill - 30 Jul

Battle of Utoy Creek - Aug 5-7

Second Battle of Dalton - Aug 14-15

Battle of Lovejoy's Station - Aug 20

Battle of Jonesborough - Sep 31 - Oct 1

See:Wikipedia:Atlanta Campaign