Battle of Ezra Church

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The Battle of Ezra Church was an 1864 American Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, in which Union forces repelled Confederate attacks during General William T. Sherman’s drive to capture the city.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Ezra Church canonical 7
Battle of Ezra Chapel 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Ezra Chapel ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignObjective capture Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
cityNearby Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta
commander Alexander P. Stewart ⓘ
John A. Logan ⓘ
John Bell Hood ⓘ
Oliver O. Howard ⓘ
linked to: Oliver Otis Howard

Stephen D. Lee ⓘ
William T. Sherman ⓘ
commemoratedBy historical markers in Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
ConfederateArmy Army of Tennessee ⓘ
ConfederateCasualties approximately 3,000–3,500 ⓘ
ConfederateCommander Alexander P. Stewart ⓘ
John Bell Hood ⓘ
Stephen D. Lee ⓘ
ConfederateStrength approximately 20,000–23,000 soldiers ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date July 28, 1864 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Utoy Creek ⓘ
location Ezra Church, west of Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
Fulton County, Georgia ⓘ
notableFeature fought largely in open ground without entrenchments for Union forces ⓘ
notableTactic repeated frontal assaults by Confederate forces ⓘ
objective defend the Union right flank west of Atlanta ⓘ
prevent Confederate forces from cutting the Macon & Western Railroad ⓘ
partOf Atlanta campaign ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta Campaign

Sherman's Atlanta campaign ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta Campaign
precededBy Battle of Peachtree Creek ⓘ
relatedCommander John Bell Hood ⓘ
William T. Sherman ⓘ
relatedEvent Siege of Atlanta ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta Campaign
result Union victory ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
strategicOutcome continued tightening of Union siege of Atlanta ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Confederate attacks repulsed ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionArmy Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
UnionCasualties approximately 650 ⓘ
UnionCommander John A. Logan ⓘ
Oliver O. Howard ⓘ
linked to: Oliver Otis Howard

William T. Sherman ⓘ
UnionStrength approximately 20,000 soldiers ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atlanta Campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ
Battle of Ezra Church → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Ezra Chapel ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ezra Church
Battle of Jonesborough → precededBy → Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ
XVI Corps (Union Army) → participatedIn → Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ
Battle of Atlanta → followedBy → Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ
Corps in the Army of Tennessee → engagedInBattle → Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ
Ezra Church → wasSiteOf → Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ
Battle of Ezra Church → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Ezra Chapel ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ezra Church
Battle of Utoy Creek → precededBy → Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ