Battle of Dallas

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Dallas was a May 1864 engagement in the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War, in which Union and Confederate forces clashed near Dallas, Georgia, as part of General William T. Sherman’s advance toward Atlanta.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Dallas (1864) 2
Battle of Dallas canonical 1
Battle of Dallas (New Hope Church–Dallas line fighting) 1

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Engagement at Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignObjective Capture of Atlanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
combatant Confederate Army of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
commandedBy James B. McPherson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph E. Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ
William J. Hardee NERFINISHED ⓘ
William Tecumseh Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
date May 26, 1864 ⓘ
endDate May 28, 1864 ⓘ
engagedForces Confederate Army of Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Union Army of the Tennessee NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Pickett’s Mill NERFINISHED ⓘ
front Western Theater of the American Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Paulding County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature Confederate assaults on entrenched Union lines ⓘ
Union defensive positions around Dallas ⓘ
partOf Atlanta Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign operations west of Atlanta ⓘ
Sherman’s advance toward Atlanta NERFINISHED ⓘ
place Dallas, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Battle of New Hope Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
result Inconclusive ⓘ
Union defensive success ⓘ
state Georgia ⓘ
strategicOutcome Continued Union advance toward Atlanta ⓘ
theaterCommanderConfederate Joseph E. Johnston NERFINISHED ⓘ
theaterCommanderUnion William Tecumseh Sherman NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfAction field battle ⓘ
infantry engagement ⓘ
year 1864 ⓘ

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

Battle of Resaca → followedBy → Battle of Dallas ⓘ
Battle of New Hope Church → precededBy → Battle of Dallas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Dallas (1864)
Battle of New Hope Church → followedBy → Battle of Dallas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Dallas (New Hope Church–Dallas line fighting)
Battle of Pickett’s Mill → followedBy → Battle of Dallas ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Dallas (1864)
Dallas → hasHistoricEvent → Battle of Dallas ⓘ
subject surface form: Dallas, Georgia
this entity surface form: Battle of Dallas during the American Civil War