Atlanta Campaign Events

1864 May 7
to 1864 May 13
 Battle of Rocky Face Ridge
Description: Gen. Joseph E. Johnston had entrenched his army on the long, high mountain of Rocky Face Ridge and eastward across Crow Valley. As Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman approached, he...
1864 May 13 Battle of Resaca - Sherman Defeats Johnston
Description: Gen. Joseph E. Johnston had withdrawn from Rocky Face Ridge to the hills around Resaca. On the 13th, the Union troops tested the Rebel lines to pinpoint their whereabouts. Th...
1864 May 17 Battle of Adairsville
Description: Following the Battle of Resaca, May 13-15, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’ s army retreated southward while Sherman pursued. Failing to find a good defensive position south of Calho...
1864 May 25
to 1864 May 26
 Battle of New Hope Church - Hooker's Forces Defeated
Description: After Johnston retreated to Allatoona Pass on May 19-20, Sherman decided that he would most likely pay dearly for attacking Johnston there, so he determined to move around Jo...
1864 May 26
to 1864 Jun 1
 Battle of Dallas - Confederates Withdraw from Georgia
Description: Johnston’s army fell back from the vicinity of Cassville-Kinston, first to Allatoona Pass and then to the Dallas area and entrenched. Sherman’s army tested the Rebel line whi...
1864 May 27 Battle of Pickett's Mill - Sherman's Attack Fails
Description: After the Union defeat at New Hope Church, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman ordered Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard to attack Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’ s seemingly exposed right flank. The ...
1864 Jun 9
to 1864 Jul 3
 Battle of Marietta - Sherman Forces Johnston to Withdraw
Description: During the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman maneuvered Johnston's Confederate army out of several successive defensive positions in Cobb County. This strategy spared the Union army ...
1864 Jun 22 Battle of Kolb's Farms
Description: On the night of June 18-19, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, fearing envelopment, moved his army to a new, previously selected position astride Kennesaw Mountain, an entrenched arc-s...
1864 Jun 27 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain - Confederate Victory in Atlanta Campaign
Description: On the night of June 18-19, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, fearing envelopment, withdrew his army to a new, previously selected position astride Kennesaw Mountain. This entrenched ...
1864 Jul 5 Battle of Pace's Ferry - Union Troops Seize Pontoon Bridge
The Battle of Pace's Ferry was an engagement fought on July 5, 1864, near Atlanta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. Union troops of Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howa...
1864 Jul 20 Battle of Peachtree Creek
Description: Under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, the Army of Tennessee had retired south of Peachtree Creek, an east to west flowing stream, about three miles north of Atlanta. Sherman split h...
1864 Jul 22 Battle of Atlanta
Description: Following the Battle of Peachtree Creek, Hood determined to attack Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee. He withdrew his main army at night from Atlanta’ s ou...
1864 Jul 28 Battle of Ezra Church
Description: Earlier, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s forces had approached Atlanta from the east and north. Hood had not defeated them, but he had kept them away from the city. Sherman no...
1864 Jul 30 Battle of Brown's Mill
The Battle of Brown's Mill was fought July 30, 1864, in Coweta County, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. Edward M. McCook's Union cavalry, on a daring raid t...
1864 Aug 5
to 1864 Aug 7
 Battle of Utoy Creek
Description: After failing to envelop Hood’s left flank at Ezra Church, Sherman still wanted to extend his right flank to hit the railroad between East Point and Atlanta. He transferred J...
1864 Aug 14
to 1864 Aug 15
 Second Battle of Dalton
The Second Battle of Dalton was fought August 14–15, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces in Whitfield County, northern Georgia. The Union force from the District of Etowah was comm...
1864 Aug 20 Battle of Lovejoy's Station
The Battle of Lovejoy's Station was fought on August 20, 1864, near what is now Lovejoy, Georgia, in Clayton County, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The two sides h...
1864 Aug 31
to 1864 Sep 1
 Battle of Jonesborough
Description: Sherman had successfully cut Hood’s supply lines in the past by sending out detachments, but the Confederates quickly repaired the damage. In late August, Sherman determined ...
1864 Sep 2 Union Forces Under General Sherman Capture Atlanta
On the night of September 1, Hood evacuated Atlanta, burning military supplies and installations, causing a great conflagration in the city (the dramatic fire scenes depicted in the 1939 ...