Atlanta: A Portrait of the Civil War (Civil War Series)
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This volume is heavy on the portrait photos of Atlanta residents, helpfully indexed with structures with which they worked.
Photos of the city's defenses are quite moving. At end, there are photos of wreck and ruin. I have several favorite images here.
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Across six pages pages , there is a three-part panorama taken from the dome of the Atlanta Female Institute. These sort of before and after shots are outside the scope of this book, but so compelling. I do recommend reading a narrative history to complement this stuff, for example, The Bonfire: William B marked it as to-read Jan 04, Kevin Whitehead added it Mar 13, The Celtic Rebel Richard marked it as to-read Dec 12, Jeff marked it as to-read Apr 11, Laura added it Nov 02, There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Other books in the series. Fighting ensued at two different points, but the Confederates were repulsed, suffering high casualties. Sherman continued looking for a way around Johnston's line, and on June 1, his cavalry occupied Allatoona Pass, which had a railroad and would allow his men and supplies to reach him by train.
Sherman's forces had previously approached Atlanta from the east and north and had not been able to break through, so Sherman decided to attack from the west. Sherman's army tested the Confederate line. No trivia or quizzes yet. Arcadia Publishing Bolero Ozon. Johnston's army retreated southward while Sherman pursued.
Sherman abandoned his lines at Dallas on June 5 and moved toward the railhead at Allatoona Pass, forcing Johnston to follow soon afterward. The Confederates were ready for the attack, which did not unfold as planned because supporting troops never appeared.
The Confederates repulsed the attack, causing high casualties. When Sherman first found Johnston entrenched in the Marietta area on June 9, he began extending his lines beyond the Confederate lines, causing some Confederate withdrawal to new positions. On June 14, Lt. Leonidas Polk was killed by an artillery shell while scouting enemy positions with Hardee and Johnston and was temporarily replaced by Maj. Sherman made some unsuccessful attacks on this position but eventually extended the line on his right and forced Johnston to withdraw from the Marietta area on July 2—3.
Having encountered entrenched Confederates astride Kennesaw Mountain stretching southward, Sherman fixed them in front and extended his right wing to envelop their flank and menace the railroad.
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Johnston countered by moving Hood's corps from the left flank to the right on June Arriving in his new position at Mt. Zion Church, Hood decided on his own to attack. Union artillery and swampy terrain thwarted Hood's attack and forced him to withdraw with heavy casualties.
Although he was the victor, Sherman's attempts at envelopment had momentarily failed. This battle was a notable exception to Sherman's policy in the campaign of avoiding frontal assaults and moving around the enemy's left flank. Sherman was sure that Johnston had stretched his line on Kennesaw Mountain too thin and decided on a frontal attack with some diversions on the flanks.
On the morning of June 27, Sherman sent his troops forward after an artillery bombardment. At first, they made some headway overrunning Confederate pickets south of the Burnt Hickory Road, but attacking an enemy that was dug in was futile. The fighting ended by noon, and Sherman suffered heavy casualties, about 3,, compared with 1, for the Confederate. Johnston put the Chattahoochee River between his army and Sherman's. The Confederate pontoon bridge there was defended by dismounted cavalry.
They were driven away by BG Thomas J. Wood 's division of IV Corps. The bridge, although damaged, was captured. Howard decided not to force a crossing against increased Confederate opposition. When federal pontoons arrived on July 8, Howard crossed the river and outflanked the Pace's Ferry defenders. This forced them to withdraw; and this permitted Sherman to cross the river, advancing closer to Atlanta.
Johnston abandoned the River Line and retired south of Peachtree Creek, about three miles 4. After crossing the Chattahoochee, Sherman split his army into three columns for the assault on Atlanta with Thomas' Army of the Cumberland, on the left, moving from the north. Schofield and McPherson had drawn away to the east, leaving Thomas on his own. Johnston decided to attack Thomas as he crossed the creek, but Confederate President Jefferson Davis relieved him of command and appointed Hood to take his place.
Hood adopted Johnston's plan and attacked Thomas after his army crossed Peachtree Creek. The determined assault threatened to overrun the Union troops at various locations, but eventually the Union held, and the Confederates fell back. The advance of McPherson from the east side of Atlanta distracted Hood from his offensive and drew off Confederate troops that might have joined the attack on Thomas.
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Hood was determined to attack McPherson's Army of the Tennessee. He withdrew his main army at night from Atlanta's outer line to the inner line, enticing Sherman to follow. In the meantime, he sent William J. Wheeler's cavalry was to operate farther out on Sherman's supply line, and Cheatham's corps was to attack the Union front.
Hood, however, miscalculated the time necessary to make the march, and Hardee was unable to attack until afternoon. Two of Hood's divisions ran into this reserve force and were repulsed. The Confederate attack stalled on the Union rear but began to roll up the left flank. Around the same time, a Confederate soldier shot and killed McPherson when he rode out to observe the fighting.
Determined attacks continued, but the Union forces held. Logan's XV Corps then led a counterattack that restored the Union line. The Union troops held, and Hood suffered high casualties. Sherman's forces had previously approached Atlanta from the east and north and had not been able to break through, so Sherman decided to attack from the west. He ordered Howard's Army of the Tennessee to move from the left wing to the right and cut Hood's last railroad supply line between East Point and Atlanta. Hood foresaw such a maneuver and sent the two corps of Lt.
Stewart to intercept and destroy the Union force at Ezra Church. Howard had anticipated such a thrust, entrenched one of his corps in the Confederates' path, and repulsed the determined attack, inflicting numerous casualties. Howard, however, failed to cut the railroad. Concurrent attempts by two columns of Union cavalry to cut the railroads south of Atlanta ended in failure, with one division under Maj.
McCook completely smashed at the Battle of Brown's Mill and the other force also repulsed and its commander, Maj. George Stoneman , taken prisoner. 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 Schofield's Army of the Ohio from his left to his right flank and sent him to the north bank of Utoy Creek. Schofield's force began its movement to exploit this situation on the morning of August 5, which was initially successful. Schofield then had to regroup his forces, which took the rest of the day.
The delay allowed the Confederates to strengthen their defenses with abatis , which slowed the Union attack when it restarted on the morning of August 6. The Federals were repulsed with heavy losses and failed in an attempt to break the railroad. On August 7, the Union troops moved toward the Confederate main line and entrenched.
They remained there until late August. Wheeler and his cavalry raided into North Georgia to destroy railroad tracks and supplies. They approached Dalton in the late afternoon of August 14 and demanded the surrender of the garrison. The Union commander refused to surrender and fighting ensued.
Greatly outnumbered, the Union garrison retired to fortifications on a hill outside the town where they successfully held out, although the attack continued until after midnight. Judson Kilpatrick to raid Confederate supply lines. On August 20, they reached Lovejoy's Station and began their destruction. Confederate infantry Patrick Cleburne 's Division appeared and the raiders were forced to fight into the night, finally fleeing to prevent encirclement.
Although Kilpatrick had destroyed supplies and track at Lovejoy's Station, the railroad line was back in operation in two days. Louisville and the Civil War. Hagerstown in the Civil War.
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