Battle of Peachtree Creek

Battle of Peachtree Creek
Part of the American Civil War

"Few battlefields of the war have been strewn so thickly with dead and wounded as they lay that evening around Collier's Mill." (Union Major Gen. J. D. Cox)
DateJuly 20, 1864 (1864-07-20)
Location
Fulton County, Georgia
Result Union victory
Belligerents
 United States (Union)  Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
United States George H. Thomas Confederate States of America John B. Hood
Units involved
Army of the Cumberland Army of Tennessee
Strength
21,655 [1] 20,250 [1]
Casualties and losses
1,900[2] 2,500[2]

The Battle of Peachtree Creek was fought in Georgia on July 20, 1864, as part of the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War.[3] It was the first major attack by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood since taking command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.[4] The attack was against Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Union army, which was perched on the doorstep of Atlanta. The main armies in the conflict were the Union Army of the Cumberland, commanded by Maj. Gen. George Henry Thomas and two corps of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference strength was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Bonds, Russell (2009). War Like The Thunderbolt. Westholme Publishing. p. 106. ISBN 978-1-59416-100-1.
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  4. ^ Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present (2nd ed.). Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, Inc. p. 34. ISBN 0-486-24913-1.