Federal and Confederate forces clash south of Atlanta as the Federals seek to cut the last Confederate supply line into the city.
Category: Georgia
Atlanta: Federals Approach Jonesboro
William T. Sherman’s three Federal armies work their way to the west and south of Atlanta. The Confederates initially misinterpret this maneuver until they realize that Sherman is threatening the key town of Jonesboro on the Macon & Western Railroad.
Atlanta: Sherman’s Armies Start Moving
William T. Sherman’s Federals begin a major (and risky) movement to the west and south of Atlanta to cut the supply lines leading into the city and starve the Confederate Army of Tennessee into submission.
The Battle of Utoy Creek
As William T. Sherman’s Federals continue bombarding Atlanta and maneuvering to cut off the city’s lines of supply, a fight breaks out southwest of Atlanta.
The Stoneman-McCook Debacle
William T. Sherman dispatches two cavalry forces to ride around opposite sides of Atlanta and cut the last supply line running in and out of the city. This raid becomes one of the biggest cavalry disasters of the war.
The Battle of Ezra Church
William T. Sherman shifts one of his three Federal armies west of Atlanta. John Bell Hood sends part of the Confederate army to intercept the Federals at a crossroads near Ezra Church.