Battle of Jonesborough
August 31- September 1, 1864
Clayton County, Georgia
Union Victory
Part of the Atlanta Campaign
Forces Engaged:
August 31: 20,000 - 23,811
September 1: 12,000 - 12,661
Casualties & Losses:
August 31: 1,700 - 2,200
September 1: 1,400, with 8 guns
Confederate Officers
Maj. Gen. John C. Brown
Maj. Gen. Patton Anderson
Brig. Gen. George E. Maney
Brig. Gen. John C. Carter
Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowrey
Brig. Gen. Daniel C. Govan
Brig. Gen. Hiram B. Granbury
Brig. Gen. Thomas Benton Smith
Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis
Brig. Gen. Henry R. Jackson
Brig. Gen. Jesse J. Finley
Brig. Gen. Zachariah C. Deas
Brig. Gen. Alfred Cumming
Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus
Brig. Gen. Marcellus A. Stovall
Brig. Gen. James T. Hotlzclaw
Brig. Gen. Randall L. Gibson
Brig. Gen. Alpheus Baker
Battlefield Trust
Final Attack at Jonesboro - Article
Warfare History Network
Long Odds at the Battle of Jonesborough
HistoryNet
Crucial Confrontation in Georgia:
As Atlanta Fell, Jonesboro Burned
You Tube
Battle for Atlanta Part 5
Daily Dispatch
Library of Congress
Currier & Ives
Sept 1, 1864
Civil War Atlas
Forces Engaged:
August 31: 14,170 - 19,500
September 1: 20, 460
Casualties & Losses:
August 31: 172 - 179
September 1: 1,272 - 1,274
Union Officers
Maj. Gen. Francis P. Blair, Jr.
Brig. Gen. William F. Barry
Brig. Gen. William D. Whipple
Brig. Gen. John M. Brannon
Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball
Brig. Gen. William Grose
Brig. Gen. John Newton
Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner
Brig. Gen. Luther P. Bradley
Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood
Brig. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis
Brig. Gen. William P. Carlin
Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan
Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird
Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen
Brig. Gen. William Harrow
Brig. Gen. Charles C. Walcutt
Brig. Gen. Thomas E. G. Ransom
Brig. Gen. Elliott W. Rice
Brig. Gen. John W. Fuller
Brig. Gen. John W. Sprague
Brig. Gen. Charles R. Woods
Brig. Gen. Giles A. Smith
Brig. Gen. William W. Belknap
Brig. Gen. Washington Elliott
Brig. Gen. Kenner Garrard
Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick
Union Order of Battle
IV Corps, XIV Corps, &
Cavalry Corps
XV Corps & XVII Corps
Union Official Records
Bailey, Ronald H., ed. "Battles for Atlanta Sherman Moves East." The Civil War. Alexandria, VA.: Time-Life Books, 1985. p
144-151
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 444-445
Cannan, John. The Atlanta Campaign May - November 1864. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, 1991. p 141-159
Cox, Jacob D. "Atlanta." Campaigns of the Civil War. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1881-1883. rpt. National Historical Society,
2009. p 200-210
Davis, George B., Leslie J. Perry & Joseph W. Kirkley. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. Washington: Government
Printing Office, 1891-1895. rpt. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Plate 59-6 & 9, Plate 61-5 & 7
Derry, Joseph T. "Georgia." Confederate Military History Vol VI of XII. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt. National
Historical Society, 2008. p 346-352
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Generals. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964
------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Generals. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.