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Battle of Allatoona (view source)
Revision as of 01:57, December 23, 2010
, 01:57, December 23, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Allatoona<br/><small>Allatoona Pass</small> |image= |begin=October 5, 1864 |end=Same day |place=Bartow County, Georgia |theater=Western Theater |camp..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Allatoona<br/><small>Allatoona Pass</small>
|image=
|begin=October 5, 1864
|end=Same day
|place=Bartow County, Georgia
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Franklin-Nashville Campaign
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Union garrison
|combatants2=French's Division,<br/>Army of Tennessee
|commanders1=[[John M. Corse]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA
|commanders2=[[Samuel G. French]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=1,944
|strength2=2,000
|casualties1='''706'''
|casualties2='''799'''
}}
After the fall of Atlanta, Hood moved northward to threaten the Western & Atlantic Railroad, Sherman’s supply line. He attacked a number of minor garrisons and damaged track during October 2-4. Sherman sent reinforcements—John M. Corse’s brigade—to Allatoona just before the Rebels attacked there. Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French’s Confederate division arrived near Allatoona at sunrise on the 5th. After demanding a surrender and receiving a negative reply, French attacked. The Union outer line survived a sustained two and a half hour attack, but then fell back and regrouped in an earthen “Star” fort of Allatoona Pass. French repeatedly attacked, but the fort held. The Rebels began to run out of ammunition, and reports of arriving Union reinforcements influenced them to move off and rejoin Hood’s force. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Franklin-Nashville}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Allatoona<br/><small>Allatoona Pass</small>
|image=
|begin=October 5, 1864
|end=Same day
|place=Bartow County, Georgia
|theater=Western Theater
|campaign=Franklin-Nashville Campaign
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=Union garrison
|combatants2=French's Division,<br/>Army of Tennessee
|commanders1=[[John M. Corse]]<br/>Brigadier General, USA
|commanders2=[[Samuel G. French]]<br/>Major General, CSA
|strength1=1,944
|strength2=2,000
|casualties1='''706'''
|casualties2='''799'''
}}
After the fall of Atlanta, Hood moved northward to threaten the Western & Atlantic Railroad, Sherman’s supply line. He attacked a number of minor garrisons and damaged track during October 2-4. Sherman sent reinforcements—John M. Corse’s brigade—to Allatoona just before the Rebels attacked there. Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French’s Confederate division arrived near Allatoona at sunrise on the 5th. After demanding a surrender and receiving a negative reply, French attacked. The Union outer line survived a sustained two and a half hour attack, but then fell back and regrouped in an earthen “Star” fort of Allatoona Pass. French repeatedly attacked, but the fort held. The Rebels began to run out of ammunition, and reports of arriving Union reinforcements influenced them to move off and rejoin Hood’s force. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Franklin-Nashville}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1864}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]