✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Jonesborough

August 31 – September 1, 1864 · Jonesborough, Georgia

Result Union victory

Union troops occupied Atlanta the next day, concluding the Atlanta campaign. Although Hood's army escaped destruction, the fall of Atlanta had far-reaching political and military effects on the course of the war.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
William Tecumseh Sherman Oliver O. Howard George H. Thomas Major General, Commander of the Army of the Cumberland
John Bell Hood William J. Hardee Lieutenant General, Corps commander in the Army of Tennessee Stephen D. Lee Lieutenant General, Corps commander in the Army of Tennessee

Strength and losses

Casualties
1,149
Casualties
2,000

Units

Army of the Cumberland George H. Thomas George H. Thomas Major general · 1863–1865 Cavalry Corps (Army of the Cumberland) Washington Elliott Washington Elliott Brigadier general · 1864 IV Corps (Union Army) David S. Stanley David S. Stanley Major general · 1864–1865 XIV Corps (Union Army) Jefferson C. Davis John M. Palmer Major general · 1863–1864 Jefferson C. Davis Major general · 1864–1865 Richard W. Johnson Major general · 1864 14th Ohio Infantry Regiment Army of the Tennessee Strength c. 14,170–19,500 · Force engaged August 31, 1864 (Howard's Army of the Tennessee) Oliver O. Howard Major general · 1864–1865 XV Corps (Union Army) John A. Logan John A. Logan Major general · 1864 XVI Corps (Union army) Thomas E. G. Ransom (Left Wing) Andrew J. Smith Major general · 1864 Thomas E. G. Ransom Brigadier general · 1864
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XVII Corps (Union Army) Francis P. Blair Jr. Francis P. Blair Jr. Major general · 1864 Thomas E. G. Ransom Brigadier general · 1864 33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment 9th Illinois Infantry Regiment
Army of Tennessee William J. Hardee commanding in the field (Hood in Atlanta) John Bell Hood General · 1864–1865 First Corps, Army of Tennessee Hardee's Corps, commanded by Patrick Cleburne Patrick Cleburne Major general · 1864 Second Corps, Army of Tennessee Lee's Corps Stephen D. Lee Lieutenant general · 1864–1865 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion

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