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The Battle of Atlanta was a major battle of the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War fought on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia.
- July 22, 1864( 1864-07-22)[1]
- Union victory [1]
Fulton County, GA | Jul 22, 1864. The Union victory in the largest battle of the Atlanta Campaign led to the capture of that critical Confederate city and opened the door for Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s most famous operation—the March to the Sea and the capture of Savannah. How it ended.
The Battle of Atlanta was fought on July 22, 1864, during the American Civil War. Union Major Generals William Tecumseh Sherman and James B. McPherson successfully defended against a Confederate offensive from Lieutenant General John Bell Hood on the eastern outskirts of Atlanta.
Battle of Fort Sumter April 12, 1861 - April 14, 1861- First Battle of Bull Run July 21, 1861
- Battle of Fort Donelson February 13, 1862 - February 16, 1862
- Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack March 9, 1862
- Battle of Shiloh April 6, 1862 - April 7, 1862
- Second Battle of Bull Run August 29, 1862 - August 30, 1862
- Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862
- Battle of Fredericksburg December 13, 1862
- Battle of Chancellorsville April 30, 1863 - May 5, 1863
- Battle of Gettysburg July 1, 1863 - July 3, 1863
- Second Battle of Fort Wagner July 18, 1863
- Battle of the Wilderness May 5, 1864 - May 7, 1864
- Battle of Spotsylvania Court House May 8, 1864 - May 19, 1864
- Battle of Cold Harbor May 31, 1864 - June 12, 1864
- Battle of the Crater July 30, 1864
- Battle of Mobile Bay August 5, 1864 - August 23, 1864
- Battle of Nashville December 15, 1864 - December 16, 1864
- Battle of Five Forks April 1, 1865
- Battle of Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865
May 1, 2014 · In early May, 1864, Federal forces under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman began battling the Confederate Army of Tennessee. At stake was Atlanta, major manufacturing center and railroad hub. Sherman had 110,000 men in three armies around Chattanooga.
Atlanta Campaign, an important series of battles in Georgia that occurred May–September 1864 between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Union troops eventually cut off a main Confederate supply center, and the outcome influenced the U.S. presidential election of 1864, in
Atlanta - July 22, 1864 (May 2021) American Battlefield Trust. On the evening of July 21, 1864, Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood ordered Lt. General William J. Hardee’s corps to make 15-mile night march and assault the Union left flank, commanded by Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson’s Army of the Tennessee.
Nov 9, 2009 · Sherman’s Atlanta campaign began in early May 1864, and in the first few months his troops engaged in several fierce battles with Confederate soldiers on the outskirts of the city, including...
