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Battle of Jonesborough

Confederate Commander

Lieut. Gen. John B. Hood

Army of Tennessee

August 31- September 1, 1864

Clayton County, Georgia

Union Victory

Part of the Atlanta Campaign

Union Commander

Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman

Army of the Tennessee

Army of the Cumberland

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

Lieut. Gen. William J. Hardee

Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee

Maj. Gen. Patrick R. Cleburne

Maj. Gen. John C. Brown

Maj. Gen. Patton Anderson

Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson

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

Confederate Order of Battle

Confederate Official Records

Battlefield Trust

Battle of Jonesboro - Article

Final Attack at Jonesboro - Article

Jonesborough - Article

Jonesborough Battlefield

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

Battle of Jonesborough

Daily Dispatch

The Battle of Jonesboro

Library of Congress

Currier & Ives

Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia

Sept 1, 1864

Civil War Atlas

Plate 59-6 & 9

Plate 61-5 & 7

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. George Henry Thomas

Maj. Gen. David S. Stanley

Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard

Maj. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus

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

Army of the Cumberland

IV Corps, XIV Corps, &

Cavalry Corps

Army of the Tennessee

XV Corps & XVII Corps

Union Official Records

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