The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (Georgia): General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Confederate (a voluntary union) Army of Tennessee, defeats the compulsory Union Military Division of the Mississippi, commanded by Major General William T. Sherman.
NOTE: Nearly 4,000 Americans were killed at Kennesaw Mountain, making it one of the bloodiest battles of the Atlanta campaign.
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References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 299.
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 182.
Chronology Of The American Civil War
civilwarhome.com/timeline.htm
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kennesaw_Mountain
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennesaw_Mountain_National_Battlefield_Park
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