Battle of Jonesborough

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The Battle of Jonesborough was a late-August 1864 American Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, whose Union victory forced the Confederates to abandon and ultimately led to the fall of Atlanta.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Jonesborough canonical 6
Battle of Jonesboro 2

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Jonesboro ⓘ
associatedWith Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
Army of the Ohio ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
fall of Atlanta ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
campaign Atlanta campaign ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta Campaign
cause Union attempt to sever Confederate supply lines into Atlanta ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Army of Tennessee

Union Army ⓘ
commander George H. Thomas ⓘ
John M. Schofield ⓘ
linked to: John Schofield

Oliver O. Howard ⓘ
linked to: Oliver Otis Howard

Patrick R. Cleburne ⓘ
linked to: Patrick Cleburne

Stephen D. Lee ⓘ
William J. Hardee ⓘ
William T. Sherman ⓘ
commanderOfConfederateCorps William J. Hardee ⓘ
commanderOfUnionRightWing Oliver O. Howard ⓘ
linked to: Oliver Otis Howard
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1864-08-31 ⓘ
endDate 1864-09-01 ⓘ
followedBy occupation of Atlanta by Union forces ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Civil War era ⓘ
location Clayton County, Georgia ⓘ
Jonesborough, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Jonesboro, Georgia
notableFor decisive Union success in Atlanta campaign ⓘ
objective cut Confederate Macon & Western Railroad ⓘ
outcome Confederate defeat south of Atlanta ⓘ
partOf Atlanta campaign ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta Campaign

Sherman’s Atlanta operations ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta Campaign
precededBy Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ
railway Macon and Western Railroad ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
startDate 1864-08-31 ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
strategicConsequence forced Confederate evacuation of Atlanta ⓘ
led to fall of Atlanta ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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

Atlanta Campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ
Jonesboro, Georgia → knownFor → Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ
Battle of Jonesborough → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Jonesboro ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Jonesborough
Jonesboro Historic District → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Jonesboro ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Jonesborough
Hardee's Corps → engagement → Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ
Corps in the Army of Tennessee → engagedInBattle → Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ
XIV Corps (Army of the Cumberland) → engagement → Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ
30th Ohio Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ