Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

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The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was a major American Civil War engagement in 1864 near Marietta, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign, in which Union forces under William T. Sherman attacked entrenched Confederate troops commanded by Joseph E. Johnston.

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Battle of Kennesaw Mountain canonical 10
Battle of Kennesaw 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Kennesaw
associatedWith Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union (United States) ⓘ
surface form: United States (Union)
campaignObjective capture of Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
commander Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
commemoratedBy Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park ⓘ
ConfederateArmy Army of Tennessee ⓘ
ConfederateArmyCommander Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
ConfederateCasualtiesAndLosses about 1,000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
ConfederateForceSize about 17,700 soldiers ⓘ
ConfederateObjective delay and repel Union advance toward Atlanta ⓘ
ConfederateTactics defense in prepared fortifications ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Cobb County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
date June 27, 1864 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Pickett’s Mill ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Ruff's Mill
front Atlanta front ⓘ
location Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
near Marietta, Georgia ⓘ
near Marietta, Georgia ⓘ
notableFeature frontal assault ordered by Sherman ⓘ
strong Confederate defensive earthworks ⓘ
partOf Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Kolb's Farm ⓘ
result Confederate victory ⓘ
significance one of the bloodiest days of the Atlanta Campaign ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
stateOfForces Confederate troops entrenched ⓘ
Union troops attacking ⓘ
strategicOutcome did not stop Sherman's advance on Atlanta ⓘ
tacticalOutcome failed Union frontal assault ⓘ
terrain rugged, wooded mountain ridge ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
typeOfEngagement frontal assault ⓘ
UnionArmy Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ
UnionArmyCommander William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
UnionCasualtiesAndLosses about 3,000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
UnionForceSize about 54,000 soldiers ⓘ
UnionObjective turn or break Confederate line blocking approach to Atlanta ⓘ
UnionTactics direct assault on entrenched positions ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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

Kenesaw Mountain Landis → militaryConflictNamesake → Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
Atlanta Campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
Western Theater of the American Civil War → majorBattle → Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
Kennesaw Mountain → notableEvent → Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Kennesaw
Pigeon Hill → significantEvent → Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
Cheatham Hill → partOfBattle → Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
Kolb Farm → significantEvent → Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
Kennesaw, Georgia → associatedBattle → Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
Army of the Cumberland → engagement → Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ
Battle of Pickett’s Mill → overlookedRelativeTo → Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ