Battle of Pickett’s Mill

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The Battle of Pickett’s Mill was a bloody but often overlooked 1864 Civil War engagement in Georgia, where Confederate forces repelled a Union assault during the Atlanta Campaign.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of New Hope Church – Pickett’s Mill sector ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignObjective outflank Confederate positions west of Atlanta ⓘ
commander Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
Oliver O. Howard ⓘ
linked to: Oliver Otis Howard

Patrick R. Cleburne ⓘ
linked to: Patrick Cleburne

William T. Sherman ⓘ
commemoratedBy monuments and interpretive trails at Pickett’s Mill Battlefield Historic Site ⓘ
confederateAction repulsed repeated Union assaults ⓘ
confederateArmy Army of Tennessee ⓘ
confederateCasualties approximately 500 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
confederateForceCommander Patrick R. Cleburne ⓘ
linked to: Patrick Cleburne
confederateStrength approximately 10,000 soldiers ⓘ
conflictIn American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date May 27, 1864 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Dallas (1864) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Dallas
front Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
location Paulding County, Georgia ⓘ
near Dallas, Georgia ⓘ
notableFeature night fighting in dense woods ⓘ
steep ravine crossed by Union troops under fire ⓘ
notableFor high Union casualties in a failed assault ⓘ
overlookedRelativeTo Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
Battle of New Hope Church ⓘ
partOf Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of New Hope Church ⓘ
preservationStatus one of the best-preserved Civil War battlefields in Georgia ⓘ
preservedAs Pickett’s Mill Battlefield Historic Site ⓘ
primaryConfederateDivision Patrick Cleburne’s Division ⓘ
primaryUnionCorps IV Corps (Army of the Cumberland) ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
stateHistoricSiteOperator Georgia Department of Natural Resources ⓘ
strategicContext Sherman’s advance toward Atlanta from Chattanooga ⓘ
tacticalDescription Union frontal assault against entrenched Confederate position ⓘ
terrain heavily wooded ravines and ridges ⓘ
timeOfDay late afternoon and evening ⓘ
unionArmy Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ
unionCasualties approximately 1,600 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
unionForceCommander Oliver O. Howard ⓘ
linked to: Oliver Otis Howard
unionObjective turn the Confederate right flank ⓘ
unionStrength approximately 14,000 soldiers ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Atlanta Campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Pickett’s Mill ⓘ
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain → followedBy → Battle of Ruff's Mill ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Pickett’s Mill
Battle of New Hope Church → followedBy → Battle of Pickett’s Mill ⓘ
Battle of Pickett’s Mill → alsoKnownAs → Battle of New Hope Church – Pickett’s Mill sector ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Pickett’s Mill
Battle of Dallas → followedBy → Battle of Pickett’s Mill ⓘ