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The Battle of Jonesborough (August 31–September 1, 1864) was fought between Union Army forces led by William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate forces under William J. Hardee during the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War.
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Clayton County, GA | Aug 31 - Sep 1, 1864. Our Battle of Jonesborough page contains historical maps, history articles, commander bios, recommended reading, web links and more on this 1864 Civil War battle in the Atlanta campaign.
On the morning of August 30, cavalryman Frank Armstrong, eight miles west of Jonesboro, reported a strong infantry force moving against him. Gen. Sherman's men tear up the track of the Macon & Western Railroad. Harpers Pictorial History of the Civil War.
Aug 31, 2014 · Jonesborough, Georgia: The Battle that Doomed Atlanta. Like Corinth, Mississippi or Petersburg, Virginia, the town of Jonesboro, Georgia was significant to military planners and general officers for one simple fact: two or more railroads came to a junction there.
August 31 – September 1, 1864. The Battle of Jonesborough. Jonesboro. By late August, 1864, the armies of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, after nearly four months of maneuver and battle, had succeeded in nearly surrounding the strategic city of Atlanta, and had achieved multiple victories against Lt. Gen. John B. Hood’s Army of Tennessee ...
Jul 3, 2019 · The Battle of Jonesboro (Jonesborough) was fought August 31-September 1, 1864, and was the final engagement of the Atlanta Campaign. Moving south of Atlanta, the Battle of Jonesboro began as Union forces sought to cut the railroads to the city.
At the Battle of Jonsborough, Union General William T. Sherman hoped to destroy the Army of Tennessee and seize Atlanta, Georgia. By late August 1864,the situation of the Confederate Army of Tennessee in Atlanta had become extremely grim.
