The Day Dixie Died: The Battle of Atlanta
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Atlanta Constitution, July 20, 1898.
Atlanta Daily Appeal, July 20, 1864.
Chicago Tribune, August 10, 1864.
Chicago Tribune, December 27, 1886.
Columbus (Georgia) Daily Sun, July 30, 1864.
Freeport County (Minnesota) Standard, July 21, 1886.
Indianapolis Journal, December 30, 1886.
Los Angeles Times, August 1, 1897.
Georgia Weekly Telegraph, July 29, 1864.
Georgia Weekly Telegraph, September 6, 1867.
New York Herald, July 29, 1864.
New York Times, July 29, 1864.
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 28, 1864.
Richmond Whig, August 24, 1864.
WORLD WIDE WEB
American Civil War Research Database: http://www.civilwardata.com.
“Civil War Diaries of [Martin] Van Buren Oldham” (University of Tennessee at Martin): http://www.utm.edu/departments/acadpro/library/departments/special_collections/E579.5%20Oldham/text/vboldham_1864.htm.
“Letters of Captain Peter Marchant, 47th Tennessee Infantry”: http://www.geocities.com/bsdunagan/letters.htm.
“The Civil War Diaries of Mifflin Jennings, 11th Iowa Infantry”: http://iagenweb.org/civilwar/books/mifflinj.htm.
“The Flag of the Seventy-eighth”: http://www.ohiocivilwar.com/stori/78flag.html.
G. B. McDonald, “History of the 30th Illinois Veteran Volunteer Regiment of Infantry”: http://home.comcast.net/~30il/mcdonald.html.
“Complete Sun and Moon Data for One Day”: http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/RS_OneDay.php.
“Tennesseeans in the Civil War”: http://www.tngennet.org.
“3rd Confederate Infantry Regiment”: http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/3rdinf_regt.html.
R. C. Carden, “The Old Confederate’s Story,” Boone (Iowa) Independent, May 31, 1912. http://bellsouthpwp.net/C/a/CanCofHist/coffee/carden.htm.
William P. Howell, “History of the 25th Alabama Infantry Regiment,” Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Alabama. http://home.earthlink.net/~sdriskell/25th/25th.htm.
INDEX
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Soldiers and military units are identified by (USA) for Union and (CSA) for Confederate. Italic page numbers refer to illustrations.
1st/15th Arkansas (CSA)
1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Army Corps (USA)
1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XVII Army Corps (USA)
1st Brigade, 4th Division, XVI Army Corps (USA)
1st Brigade, 4th Division, XVII Army Corps (USA)
1st Division, XV Army Corps (USA)
1st/4th Florida (CSA)
1st Georgia (Confederate) (CSA)
1st Georgia State Line (CSA)
1st Illinois Light, Battery A (USA)
1st Illinois Light, Battery D (USA)
1st Illinois Light, Battery H (USA)
1st Iowa Light Battery (USA)
1st Michigan Light, Battery H “Black Horse” (USA)
1st Minnesota Light Battery (USA)
1st Missouri Light, Battery H (USA)
1st/27th Tennessee (CSA)
2nd/24th Arkansas (CSA)
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, XV Army Corps (USA)
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XV Army Corps (USA)
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XVI Army Corps (USA)
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVII Army Corps (USA)
2nd Division, XV Army Corps (USA)
2nd Division, XVI Army Corps (Sweeny commanding) (USA)
2nd Illinois Light, Battery F (USA)
2nd Iowa (USA)
2nd Kentucky (CSA)
2nd United States, Battery F (USA)
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, XVII Army Corps (USA)
3rd Brigade, 4th Division, XVII Army Corps (USA)
3rd Confederate (CSA)
3rd Division, XVII Army Corps (USA)
3rd Iowa (three companies) (USA)
4th Division, XV Army Corps (USA)
4th Division, XVI Army Corps (USA)
4th Division, XVII Army Corps (USA)
4th/5th Tennessee (CSA)
5th/13th Arkansas (CSA)
5th Confederate (Tennessee) (CSA)
5th Kentucky (CSA)
5th Mississippi (CSA)
6th/7th Arkansas (CSA)
VI Corps, Army of the Potomac
6th Florida (CSA)
6th Kentucky (CSA)
6th/9th Tennessee (CSA)
6th/15th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) (CSA)
7th Iowa (USA)
7th Texas (CSA)
8th/19th Arkansas (CSA)
8th Mississippi (CSA)
9th Kentucky (CSA)
10th South Carolina (CSA)
10th Texas (CSA)
11th Iowa (USA)
11th Mississippi (CSA)
11th Tennessee (CSA)
12th Illinois (USA)
12th Indiana (USA)
12th/47th Tennessee (CSA)
12th Wisconsin (USA)
13th Iowa (USA)
13th/154th Tennessee (CSA)
14th Ohio Light, Battery (USA)
XV Army Corps (USA)
casualties
reorganization of, after Battle of Atlanta
15th Iowa (USA)
15th Michigan (USA)
15th Ohio Light Battery (USA)
16th Alabama (CSA)
XVI Army Corps (USA)
casualties
gap with the XVII
16th Iowa (USA)
16th South Carolina (CSA)
16th Wisconsin (USA)
XVII Army Corps (USA)
casualties
gap with the XVI
17th/18th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) (CSA)
17th Wisconsin (USA)
18th Missouri (USA)
19th South Carolina (CSA)
19th Tennessee (CSA)
20th Illinois (USA)
20th Ohio (USA)
XXIII Army Corps, Army of the Ohio (USA)
24th Alabama (CSA)
24th Tennessee (CSA)
24th/25th Texas Cavalry (dismounted) (CSA)
25th Georgia (CSA)
25th Wisconsin (USA)
26th Illinois (USA)
26th Iowa Infantry (USA)
27th Ohio (USA)
29th Georgia (CSA)
29th Tennessee (CSA)
30th Illinois (USA)
30th Ohio (USA)
31st Missouri (USA)
32nd Mississippi (CSA)
32nd Ohio (USA)
33rd Alabama (CSA)
35th New Jersey (USA)
36th Alabama (CSA)
37th Ohio (USA)
38th Alabama (CSA)
38th Tennessee (CSA)
39th Alabama (CSA)
39th Ohio (USA)
40th Georgia (CSA)
41st Mississippi (CSA)
41st Tennessee (CSA)
42nd Georgia (CSA)
45th Alabama (CSA)
47th Ohio (USA)
48th Illinois (USA)
52nd Illinois (USA)
53rd Illinois (USA)
53rd Indiana (USA)
53rd Ohio (USA)
54th Georgia (CSA)
55th Illinois (USA)
57th Georgia (CSA)
57th Ohio (USA)
63rd Ohio (USA)
64th Illinois (USA)
66th Georgia Infantry Regiment (CSA)
66th Illinois (USA)
66th Indiana (USA)
68th Ohio (USA)
70th Ohio (USA)
78th Ohio (USA)
81st Ohio (USA)
90th Illinois (USA)
99th Indiana (USA)
Abercrombie, Lt. Col. John C. (USA)
Adams, Lt. Col. Robert N. (USA)
b
rigade
Adams, Col. Samuel (CSA)
Alabama troops
Allen, Brig. Gen. William Wirt (CSA)
amputations
Anderson, A. G. (CSA)
Anderson, Capt. John (USA)
Anderson, Capt. Ruel W. (CSA)
Andersonville prison
Antietam, Battle of
Archer, Joel C. (CSA)
Arkansas Post, Battle of
Arkansas troops
Army of Northern Virginia (CSA)
Army of Tennessee (CSA)
casualties
command changes after the Battle of Atlanta
damage from Battle of Atlanta
losses after Battle of Atlanta
loss of officers
size and caliber of
Army of the Cumberland (USA)
Army of the James (USA)
Army of the Ohio (USA)
Army of the Potomac (USA)
Army of the Tennessee (USA)
approach to Atlanta
called “Whip-Snapper”
command changes after the Battle of Atlanta
damage from Battle of Atlanta
Hood’s plan against
invincibility of
skill of commanders of
supply wagons, (see also Decatur)
Artillery, 4th Division, XV Army Corps (USA)
Artillery, XV Army Corps (USA)
Artillery, Army of the Tennessee (USA)
Atlanta, Battle of (July 22, 1864)
anniversary commemorations
battlefield of, not preserved
casualties
cyclorama of
delay in getting started
Hood’s July 22 plan
Hood’s plan changes during the course of battle
maps
as turning point of the Atlanta campaign
Atlanta, Ga.
defense of
false reports of abandoning of
importance of, to Confederacy
modern growth of, obscuring the battlefields
population
railroads, 19 (see also railroads)
shelling of
siege of, and eventual fall
Atlanta campaign (1864)
and the death of Dixie
preservation of battlefields of
turning point of
Atlanta Daily Appeal
Atlanta & West Point Railroad
Ayres, W. S. (USA)
Bailey, Lt. George W. (USA)
Baker’s Brigade (J. H. Higley commanding) (CSA)
Bakhaus, Pvt. Wallace (USA)
Bald Hill (Leggett’s Hill)
battles over
defense of flank of
fortification of
maps
Banks, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. (USA)
Barkuloo, Col. William (CSA)
Bate, Maj. Gen. William B. (CSA)
Bates, Edward
Bate’s Division (CSA)
casualties
battlefield preservation
Baucum, Col. George F. (CSA)
bayonets
Beard, Capt. Richard (CSA)
Belknap, Col. William W. (USA)
Bennett, Chaplain Russell B. (USA)
Benton, Col. Samuel (CSA)
brigade
Bethel, Sgt. Russ (USA)
Bevins, Pvt. William (CSA)
Black Horse Battery (USA), (see 1st Michigan Light, Battery H)
Black, Lt. Hugh (CSA)
Blair, Maj. Gen. Francis “Frank” P. Jr. (USA)
lack of confidence in
Blair, Montgomery
Blizzard, Mason R. (USA)
Blodgett, Lt. Andrew T. (USA)
battery
Bourne, Capt. William F. (CSA)
Bragg, Gen. Braxton (CSA)
Branch, Lt. Hamilton (CSA)
Brantly, Col. William F. (CSA)
Breckinridge, Gen. John C. (CSA)
Brown, Brig. Gen. John C. (CSA)
description and career
division
Brown, Lt. Col. John M. (CSA)
Brown, Gov. Joseph
Brown, Maj. William B. (USA)
Brown (James) house
Bryant, Col. George E. (USA)
burial details
Butler, Maj. Gen. Benjamin “Beast” (USA)
canister fire
captures, (see also prisoners)
Car Shed
Carter, Col. John C. (CSA)
brigade
Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee (CSA)
casualties
Cease, J. A. (USA)
Chambersburg, Pa., burning of
Chancellorsville, Battle of
Chase, Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P.
Chattahoochie River
Chattanooga, Tenn., (and Battle of)
Cheatham, Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. (CSA)
corps (See Hood’s Corps)
description and career
Cheatham’s Division (G. E. Maney commanding) (CSA)
Cheney, Major John T. (USA)
Chickamauga, Battle of
Christie, Thomas D. (USA)
Churchill, Lt. Col. Mendal (USA)
Civil War, American
disillusionment with
peace negotiations
preservation of battlefields
terms for ending it
Clayton, Maj. Gen. Henry D. (CSA)
Clayton’s Division (CSA)
Cleburne, Maj. Gen. Patrick R. (CSA)
description and career
Cleburne’s Division (CSA)
casualties
Cobb, William
Cobb’s Mill
Cold Harbor, Battle of
Coleman, Cpl. Robert (CSA)
color bearers
Coltart, Col. John G. (CSA)
brigade
Confederate States of America (CSA)
Congressional Medal of Honor awards
Cooper, Capt. Edgar H. (USA)
Corinth campaign
Corse, Brig. Gen. John M. (USA)
Crocker, Col. Marcellus M. (USA)
Cumming, Brig. Gen. Alfred (CSA)
Dallas (Georgia), Battle of
Dana, Charles A.
Davis, Jefferson
Davis, Theodore
dawn attacks
Deas’s Brigade (Coltart commanding) (CSA)
death
fields thick with
gruesome scenes of
Decatur, Ga.
Confederate capture and abandonment of
Union supply wagons at
Decatur road
De Gress, Capt. Francis (USA)
guns of
Democrats
National Convention of 1864
Peace faction
serving as Union generals
slavery condoned by
War faction
Detwiler, Sgt. Eli (USA)
Dixie, death of, caused by the Atlanta campaign
Dodge, Maj. Gen. Grenville M. (USA)
description and career
Douglass, Frederick
Early, Gen. Jubal
earthworks (photo)
Easterly, Jacob (USA)
Eastern theater
Eastman, Jake
election of 1862
election of 1864
prospects for Lincoln’s defeat
victory of Lincoln
Elliott, Capt. Marcus D. (USA)
Emancipation Proclamation
Europe, intervention by
Everingham, Henry (USA)
Ezra Church, Battle of (July 28, 1864)
Fair Oaks/Seven Pines, Battle of
Fayetteville Road
Ferguson, Brig. Gen. Samuel W. (CSA)
Ferguson’s Brigade (CSA)
Fessenden, William B.
Fielder, Capt. Alfred (CSA)
Fields, D. F. (CSA)
Finley, Brig. Gen. Jesse J. (CSA)
flags
captured
struggle over
of surrender
of truce, 209 (see also color bearers)
Flat Shoals Road
Florida Brigade (CSA), xv
casualties
Florida troops
Force, Brig. Gen. Manning F. (USA)
Fort Donelson campaign
Foster, Capt. Samuel T. (CSA)
Freeman, Maj. George C. (CSA)
Fuller, Brig. Gen. John W. (USA)
division
Gable, Clark
Gaine’s Mill, Battle of
Gartrell, Lucius J.
Gay, Lt. William H. (USA)
Georgia Battery (Anderson’s)
Georgia militia
casualties
Georgia Railroad
Georgia troops
Gettysburg, Battle of
Gibson, Brig. Gen. Randall L. (CSA)
Gill, Lt. Robert (CSA)
Gist, Brig. Gen. States Rights (CSA)
description and career
wounded
Gist’s Brigade (CSA)
Glendale, Battle of
Gochenour, John and James (USA)
Gone With the Wind (movie)
Govan, Brig. Gen. Daniel C. (CSA)
Govan’s Brigade (CSA)
Grainger, Gervis (CSA)
Granbury’s Brigade (J. A. Smith, then R. B. Young commanding) (CSA)
Grant, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. (USA)
Greathouse, Col. Lucien (USA)
Greeley, Horace
Green, Sgt. John W.
Gresham, Brig. Gen. Walter Q. (USA)
Griffiths, Capt. Henry H. (USA)
Gurowski, Adam
Guyton, Lt. Col. Cincinnatus S. (CSA)
brigade
Gwynne, Lt. Col. Andrew D. (CSA)
Habersham, Lt. Joseph Clay (CSA)
Hall, Col. William (USA)
brigade
hand-to-hand combat
Hardee, Lt. Gen. William J. (CSA)
description and career
Hardee’s Corps (CSA)
casualties
Harrison, Joel (CSA)
Harrow, Brig. Gen. William (USA)
description and career
division
Hay, John
“Hell Hole” battles
Henry repeating rifles
Hickenlooper, Capt. Andrew (USA)
Higley, Col. John H. (CSA), brigade
Hindman, Maj. Gen Thomas C.
Hindman’s Division (J. C. Brown commanding) (CSA)
Hoffman, Emily
Hood, Gen. John Bell (CSA)
assumes command of Army of Tennessee
defense of Atlanta
description and career
failure to overthrow the Army of the Tennessee
generalship criticized
headquarters
own view of the Battle of Atlanta
plan for Battle of Atlanta (July 22, 1864)
possibility of success
reaction to change of plan
report on the Battle of Atlanta
sorrow expressed at McPherson’s death
Hood’s Corps (Cheatham commanding) (CSA)
casualties
Hotaling, Major John R. (USA)
Hotchkiss’s Battalion (CSA)
hot weather fighting
Howard, Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis (USA)