Battle of Pickett’s Mill

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The Battle of Pickett’s Mill was a bloody but often overlooked 1864 Civil War engagement in Georgia, where Confederate forces repelled a Union assault during the Atlanta Campaign.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Battle of Pickett’s Mill
surface form: Battle of New Hope Church – Pickett’s Mill sector
belligerent Confederate States of America
United States of America
surface form: United States (Union)
campaignObjective outflank Confederate positions west of Atlanta
commander Joseph E. Johnston
Oliver Otis Howard
surface form: Oliver O. Howard

Patrick Cleburne
surface form: Patrick R. Cleburne

William Tecumseh Sherman
surface form: William T. Sherman
commemoratedBy monuments and interpretive trails at Pickett’s Mill Battlefield Historic Site
confederateAction repulsed repeated Union assaults
confederateArmy Army of Tennessee
confederateCasualties approximately 500 killed, wounded, or missing
confederateForceCommander Patrick Cleburne
surface form: Patrick R. Cleburne
confederateStrength approximately 10,000 soldiers
conflictIn American Civil War
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date May 27, 1864
followedBy Battle of Dallas
surface form: Battle of Dallas (1864)
front Western Theater of the American Civil War
location Paulding County, Georgia NERFINISHED
near Dallas, Georgia
notableFeature night fighting in dense woods
steep ravine crossed by Union troops under fire
notableFor high Union casualties in a failed assault
overlookedRelativeTo Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Battle of New Hope Church
partOf Atlanta Campaign
precededBy Battle of New Hope Church
preservationStatus one of the best-preserved Civil War battlefields in Georgia
preservedAs Pickett’s Mill Battlefield State Historic Site
surface form: Pickett’s Mill Battlefield Historic Site
primaryConfederateDivision Patrick Cleburne’s Division
primaryUnionCorps IV Corps (Army of the Cumberland)
result Confederate victory
state Georgia
stateHistoricSiteOperator Georgia Department of Natural Resources
strategicContext Sherman’s advance toward Atlanta from Chattanooga
tacticalDescription Union frontal assault against entrenched Confederate position
terrain heavily wooded ravines and ridges
timeOfDay late afternoon and evening
unionArmy Army of the Cumberland
Military Division of the Mississippi
unionCasualties approximately 1,600 killed, wounded, or missing
unionForceCommander Oliver Otis Howard
surface form: Oliver O. Howard
unionObjective turn the Confederate right flank
unionStrength approximately 14,000 soldiers
year 1864

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Atlanta Campaign notableBattle Battle of Pickett’s Mill
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain followedBy Battle of Pickett’s Mill
this entity surface form: Battle of Ruff's Mill
Battle of New Hope Church followedBy Battle of Pickett’s Mill
Battle of Pickett’s Mill alsoKnownAs Battle of Pickett’s Mill
this entity surface form: Battle of New Hope Church – Pickett’s Mill sector