Battle of Adairsville

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The Battle of Adairsville was an 1864 American Civil War engagement in Georgia during Union General William T. Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign, marked by maneuvering rather than a large-scale, decisive clash.

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Battle of Adairsville canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Adairsville engagement ⓘ
linked to: Adairsville
belligerent Confederate Army of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Army of Tennessee

Union Army ⓘ
campaign Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
characterizedBy limited direct engagement ⓘ
maneuver warfare ⓘ
combatant Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
commandedBy Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
ConfederateCommander John Bell Hood ⓘ
Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
William J. Hardee ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 1864-05-17 ⓘ
endDate 1864-05-17 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Cassville ⓘ
Battle of New Hope Church ⓘ
front Western Front of the American Civil War ⓘ
hasCommanderSide Confederacy ⓘ
Union ⓘ
involvesUnit Army of Tennessee (Confederate) ⓘ
linked to: Army of Tennessee

Army of the Cumberland ⓘ
Army of the Ohio ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee (Union) ⓘ
location Adairsville, Georgia ⓘ
linked to: Adairsville

Bartow County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor absence of large-scale decisive clash ⓘ
continued Confederate retreat toward Cassville and Atlanta ⓘ
partOf Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
Sherman’s advance toward Atlanta ⓘ
linked to: Atlanta Campaign
precededBy Battle of Resaca ⓘ
primaryObjective Confederate attempt to find favorable defensive ground ⓘ
Union attempt to outflank Confederate Army of Tennessee ⓘ
result Confederate withdrawal ⓘ
Inconclusive ⓘ
Union strategic advantage maintained ⓘ
startDate 1864-05-17 ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
strategicOutcome Union forces continued south toward Atlanta ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionCommander George H. Thomas ⓘ
James B. McPherson ⓘ
John M. Schofield ⓘ
linked to: John Schofield

William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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Battle of Resaca → followedBy → Battle of Adairsville ⓘ
Battle of Resaca → followedBy → Battle of Adairsville ⓘ
subject linked to: Resaca, Battle of