Battle of Jonesborough

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Jonesborough was a late-August 1864 American Civil War engagement near Atlanta, Georgia, whose Union victory forced the Confederates to abandon and ultimately led to the fall of Atlanta.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Jonesboro	2
Battle of Jonesborough canonical	2

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ surface form: Battle of Jonesboro
associatedWith	Army of the Cumberland ⓘ Army of the Ohio ⓘ Army of the Tennessee ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ fall of Atlanta ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
campaign	Atlanta Campaign ⓘ surface form: Atlanta campaign
cause	Union attempt to sever Confederate supply lines into Atlanta ⓘ
combatant	Army of Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Confederate Army of Tennessee Union Army ⓘ
commander	George H. Thomas ⓘ John Schofield ⓘ surface form: John M. Schofield Oliver Otis Howard ⓘ surface form: Oliver O. Howard Patrick Cleburne ⓘ surface form: Patrick R. Cleburne Stephen D. Lee ⓘ William J. Hardee ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ surface form: William T. Sherman
commanderOfConfederateCorps	William J. Hardee ⓘ
commanderOfUnionRightWing	Oliver Otis Howard ⓘ surface form: Oliver O. Howard
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	1864-08-31 ⓘ
endDate	1864-09-01 ⓘ
followedBy	occupation of Atlanta by Union forces ⓘ
historicalPeriod	American Civil War era ⓘ
location	Clayton County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ Jonesboro, Georgia ⓘ surface form: Jonesborough, Georgia
notableFor	decisive Union success in Atlanta campaign ⓘ
objective	cut Confederate Macon & Western Railroad ⓘ
outcome	Confederate defeat south of Atlanta ⓘ
partOf	Atlanta Campaign ⓘ surface form: Atlanta campaign Atlanta Campaign ⓘ surface form: Sherman’s Atlanta operations
precededBy	Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ
railway	Macon and Western Railroad ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startDate	1864-08-31 ⓘ
state	Georgia ⓘ
strategicConsequence	forced Confederate evacuation of Atlanta ⓘ led to fall of Atlanta ⓘ
theater	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
year	1864 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Atlanta Campaign → notableBattle → Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ

Jonesboro, Georgia → knownFor → Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ

Battle of Jonesborough → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Jonesboro

Jonesboro Historic District → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Jonesboro