Hood proceeded to attack Sherman in battles at Peachtree Creek (July 20), Atlanta/Decatur (July 22), and Ezra Church (July 28), in all of which he suffered enormous casualties without tactical advantage. "Hell breaks loose in Georgia..."
Both men were from Illinois.Photo courtesy Thomas Milner Sherman's armies suffered about 3,000 casualties in comparison to Johnston's 1,000. On the right is Chauncey F. Inman. On his right, the brigade of Brig. Just to the north, a second group of Union soldiers under Giles Smith tried to advance across Old Mountain Road, which still exists. 774–75. The line had formed far enough back on the hill that a "dead area" beneath the Confederates might offer the attackers relief from the hail of lead they would surely face. For fifteen minutes across parts of the five-mile front, Union cannoneers lobbed shells at Confederate positions. [22], Coordinates: 33°56′11″N 84°35′52″W / 33.9363°N 84.5979°W / 33.9363; -84.5979. As Johnston withdrew again, skirmishing erupted at Adairsville on May 17 and more general fighting on Johnston's Cassville line May 18–19. A gunner from this position wrote, "..the valley is full of men coming towards us for as far as the eye can see." To the south of Pigeon Hill lies land that gently slopes uphill from the Union positions. The 50,000-man army consisted of the infantry corps of lieutenant generals William J. Hardee, John Bell Hood, and Leonidas Polk, and a cavalry corps under Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler. Help save a crucial 22-acre tract on the battlefield where 14 African American soldiers earned the highest military honor in the land. However, his subordinates, The Union Army charge south of the Dallas Highway launched at ten o'clock on June 27, 1864. Meanwhile, Thomas's army was to conduct the principal attack against the Confederate fortifications in the center of their line, and Schofield was to demonstrate on the Confederate left flank and attack somewhere near the Powder Springs Road "as he can with the prospect of success. Monuments such as this to Capt. Federal Identification Number (EIN): 54-1426643. Harker fell 15 feet from the Rebel line, shot in the arm and chest by Patrick Cleburne's men. [6], The Atlanta Campaign from Dalton to Kennesaw Mountain. Nearly 5,500 infantry poured into a small area to battle the intrenched Rebels. During the Atlanta Campaign, Federal forces commanded by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman operated as an army group, with three separate armies working together in the field under the instruction of Sherman, who was the commander for the Federal Military Division of the Mississippi. When General Logan rode forward to judge their progress, he determined that many of his men were being "uselessly slain" and ordered Walcutt and Smith to withdraw and entrench behind the gorge that separated the lines. Gen. Giles A. Smith crossed difficult terrain interrupted by steep cliffs and scattered with huge rocks to approach the Missouri brigade of Brig.