Battle of Atlanta

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The Battle of Atlanta was a major 1864 American Civil War engagement during the Atlanta Campaign, in which Confederate forces under John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attempted to break Union General William T. Sherman’s siege of the city.

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Battle of Atlanta canonical 13
Confederate defense of Atlanta 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Decatur (in some contemporary accounts) ⓘ
associatedWith Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta Campaign

fall of Atlanta ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta Campaign
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaignObjective capture of Atlanta by Union forces ⓘ
casualties thousands on both sides ⓘ
cityStatus Atlanta under partial siege by Union forces ⓘ
commander Benjamin F. Cheatham ⓘ
James B. McPherson ⓘ
John Bell Hood ⓘ
William J. Hardee ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
commemoratedBy Cyclorama painting “The Battle of Atlanta” ⓘ
commemoratedIn Atlanta Cyclorama & Civil War Museum ⓘ
ConfederateCasualtiesApproximate over 5,000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
ConfederateCommanderRole Hood as commander of the Army of Tennessee ⓘ
ConfederateForceType Army of Tennessee ⓘ
ConfederateObjective defend Atlanta and drive Union forces away ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date July 22, 1864 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ
front Western Theater ⓘ
location Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta
notableDeath James B. McPherson ⓘ
notableFeature large-scale flanking attack by Confederate forces ⓘ
urban fighting near Atlanta’s defenses ⓘ
operationType Confederate attempt to break Union siege lines ⓘ
partOf Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
Union operations against Atlanta ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Peachtree Creek ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
strategicSignificance boosted Northern morale before the 1864 U.S. presidential election ⓘ
helped secure Atlanta for the Union ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Confederate attacks repulsed ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesApproximate over 3,000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
UnionCommanderRole Sherman as overall Union commander in the Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
UnionForceType Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
UnionObjective cut Confederate rail and supply lines into Atlanta ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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

John Bell Hood → battle → Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee → engagement → Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
James B. McPherson → notableBattle → Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
James B. McPherson → killedIn → Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
Western Union armies → notableBattle → Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
Battle of Peachtree Creek → followedBy → Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
XVI Corps (Union Army) → participatedIn → Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
Cyclorama building, Atlanta, Georgia → theme → Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
Grenville Dodge → participatedIn → Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
Union campaigns of 1864 → hasBattle → Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
30th Ohio Infantry Regiment → participatedIn → Battle of Atlanta ⓘ
Macon and Western Railroad → playedRoleIn → Confederate defense of Atlanta ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Atlanta