✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

June 27, 1864 · Battle of Kennesaw Mountain

Result Confederate victory

Sherman's frontal assault on Johnston's lines failed; he went back to flanking.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
William Tecumseh Sherman military commander
Joseph E. Johnston military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
16,22516,225, 18,000
Casualties
3,0003,000
Missing
52
Strength
17,73317,733, 6,000
Casualties
1,0001,000
Missing
172

Units

Army of the Cumberland XIV Corps (Union Army) Army of the Ohio Army of the Tennessee Union Army 14th Ohio Infantry Regiment 2nd Ohio Infantry Regiment 33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment 9th Illinois Infantry Regiment 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment
Army of Tennessee 1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion