Battle of Brown's Mill

Battle of Brown's Mill
Part of the American Civil War
DateJuly 30, 1864 (1864-07-30)
Location
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Edward M. McCook Joseph Wheeler
Units involved
First Cavalry Division
Army of the Cumberland
Cavalry Corps
Army of Tennessee
Casualties and losses
1,250 50

The Battle of Brown's Mill was fought July 30, 1864, in Coweta County, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. Edward M. McCook's Union cavalry, on a daring raid to sever communications and supply lines in south-central Georgia, was defeated near Newnan, Georgia, by Confederate forces under Joseph Wheeler. The failure of McCook's column and a concurrent ill-fated raid by George Stoneman forced William T. Sherman to lay siege to the city of Atlanta.