✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Peachtree Creek

July 20, 1864 · Battle of Peachtree Creek

Result Union victory

Hood's first attack on Sherman north of Atlanta, beaten by Thomas's Army of the Cumberland.

On the map Contemporaries

Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
George H. Thomas military commander
John Bell Hood military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
21,65520,139, 72,000
Casualties
1,9001,710
Strength
18,83248,000
Casualties
4,796

Units

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