Battle of Kolb's Farm

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The Battle of Kolb's Farm was a June 22, 1864 American Civil War engagement in the Atlanta Campaign, where Union forces under William T. Sherman repelled Confederate attacks near Marietta, Georgia.

All labels observed (2)

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Battle of Kolb's Farm canonical 2
Battle of Kolb’s Farm 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Engagement at Kolb's Farm ⓘ
linked to: Kolb Farm
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
campaign Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
casualties higher Confederate casualties than Union casualties ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Army of Tennessee

Union Army ⓘ
commander Alexander P. Stewart ⓘ
Carter L. Stevenson ⓘ
Edward M. McCook ⓘ
John Bell Hood ⓘ
John Schofield ⓘ
Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
Joseph Hooker ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date June 22, 1864 ⓘ
endDate June 22, 1864 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
forcesEngaged Confederate Hood's Corps ⓘ
Confederate Stevenson’s Division ⓘ
Union XX Corps ⓘ
Union XXIII Corps elements ⓘ
linked to: Union XXIII Corps
front Sherman's advance toward Atlanta ⓘ
geographicalFeature Kolb farmstead and surrounding fields and woods ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1864 in the American Civil War ⓘ
locatedInTime mid-1864 phase of the Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
modernLocation near present-day Marietta, Georgia ⓘ
objective Confederate attempt to turn the Union right flank ⓘ
partOf Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
place Cobb County, Georgia ⓘ
near Marietta, Georgia ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (maneuver phase leading up to) ⓘ
result Union defensive victory ⓘ
Union repulse of Confederate attacks ⓘ
significance illustrated the futility of Confederate frontal assaults against prepared Union positions during the Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
startDate June 22, 1864 ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
strategicEffect Failed Confederate effort to disrupt Sherman's advance on Atlanta ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Confederate frontal assaults repulsed ⓘ
tacticalSituation Union forces in defensive positions ⓘ
terrain rolling farmland and wooded areas ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
typeOfEngagement infantry engagement with artillery support ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

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

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain → precededBy → Battle of Kolb's Farm ⓘ
Kolb Farm → significantEvent → Battle of Kolb’s Farm ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kolb's Farm
Battle of Peachtree Creek → precededBy → Battle of Kolb's Farm ⓘ
XX Corps (Union Army) → engagement → Battle of Kolb’s Farm ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kolb's Farm