Battle of Ezra Church

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Ezra Church was an 1864 American Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, in which Union forces repelled Confederate attacks during General William T. Sherman’s drive to capture the city.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Ezra Church canonical	3
Battle of Ezra Chapel	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ surface form: Battle of Ezra Chapel
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
campaignObjective	capture Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
cityNearby	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
commander	Alexander P. Stewart ⓘ John Alexander Logan ⓘ surface form: John A. Logan John Bell Hood ⓘ Oliver Otis Howard ⓘ surface form: Oliver O. Howard Stephen D. Lee ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ surface form: William T. Sherman
commemoratedBy	historical markers in Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ
ConfederateArmy	Army of Tennessee ⓘ
ConfederateCasualties	approximately 3,000–3,500 ⓘ
ConfederateCommander	Alexander P. Stewart ⓘ John Bell Hood ⓘ Stephen D. Lee ⓘ
ConfederateStrength	approximately 20,000–23,000 soldiers ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	July 28, 1864 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Utoy Creek ⓘ
location	Ezra Church, west of Atlanta, Georgia ⓘ Fulton County, Georgia ⓘ
notableFeature	fought largely in open ground without entrenchments for Union forces ⓘ
notableTactic	repeated frontal assaults by Confederate forces ⓘ
objective	defend the Union right flank west of Atlanta ⓘ prevent Confederate forces from cutting the Macon & Western Railroad ⓘ
partOf	Atlanta Campaign ⓘ surface form: Atlanta campaign Atlanta Campaign ⓘ surface form: Sherman's Atlanta campaign
precededBy	Battle of Peachtree Creek ⓘ
relatedCommander	John Bell Hood ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ surface form: William T. Sherman
relatedEvent	Atlanta Campaign ⓘ surface form: Siege of Atlanta
result	Union victory ⓘ
state	Georgia ⓘ
strategicOutcome	continued tightening of Union siege of Atlanta ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	Confederate attacks repulsed ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionArmy	Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
UnionCasualties	approximately 650 ⓘ
UnionCommander	John Alexander Logan ⓘ surface form: John A. Logan Oliver Otis Howard ⓘ surface form: Oliver O. Howard William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ surface form: William T. Sherman
UnionStrength	approximately 20,000 soldiers ⓘ
year	1864 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Atlanta Campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ

Battle of Ezra Church → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Ezra Chapel

Battle of Jonesborough → precededBy → Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ

XVI Corps (Union Army) → participatedIn → Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ