The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (Georgia): Major General Joseph E. Johnston, commanding the Confederate (a voluntary union) Army of Tennessee, defeats the compulsory Union Military Division of the Mississippi, under the command of 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:
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
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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
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