Battle of Utoy Creek

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The Battle of Utoy Creek was an 1864 engagement during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War, in which Union forces attempted to cut off Confederate rail and supply lines southwest of Atlanta.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Engagement at Utoy Creek ⓘ
belligerent Confederate Army ⓘ
Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union Army ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
campaignObjective cut Confederate rail lines southwest of Atlanta ⓘ
cut Confederate supply lines southwest of Atlanta ⓘ
casualties Union casualties higher than Confederate casualties ⓘ
combatantStrength Union forces numerically superior to Confederate defenders ⓘ
commander John Bell Hood ⓘ
John M. Schofield ⓘ
linked to: John Schofield

William J. Hardee ⓘ
William T. Sherman ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1864-08-05 ⓘ
endDate 1864-08-07 ⓘ
followedBy subsequent Union flanking operations around Atlanta ⓘ
hasPart Union assaults on August 6, 1864 ⓘ
skirmishing along Utoy Creek ⓘ
location Fulton County, Georgia ⓘ
Utoy Creek, Georgia ⓘ
southwest of Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved Confederate artillery ⓘ
Confederate infantry ⓘ
Union artillery ⓘ
Union infantry ⓘ
partOf Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
operations against the Atlanta and West Point Railroad ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ
railTarget Atlanta and West Point Railroad ⓘ
Macon and Western Railroad ⓘ
result Confederate defensive victory ⓘ
Union attack repulsed ⓘ
significance failed Union attempt to sever Confederate rail connections into Atlanta ⓘ
illustrated strength of Confederate field fortifications around Atlanta ⓘ
startDate 1864-08-05 ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
strategicContext Union operations to encircle and capture Atlanta ⓘ
tactics Confederate use of field fortifications and defensive works ⓘ
Union frontal assaults against entrenched Confederate positions ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Battle of Ezra Church → followedBy → Battle of Utoy Creek ⓘ