Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
Confederate Commander
Strength: 17,733
Estimated Casualties: 1,000
June 27, 1864
Cobb County, Georgia
Confederate Victory
Part of the Atlanta Campaign
Union Commander
Strength: 16,225
Estimated Casualties: 3,000
Confederate Officers
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Maj. Gen. Edward C. Walthall
Brig. Gen. Winfield S. Featherston
Brig. Gen. Francis M. Cockrell
Brig. Gen. William A. Quarles
Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds
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National Park Service
One Last Mountain: A Battlefield That's Much More
The Federal Attack on Pigeon Hill, June 27, 1864
Artillery of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
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American Battlefield Trust
Prelude to Kennesaw - Battle of Kolb's Farm June 22, 1864
Kennesaw Mountain / Big & Little Kennesaw Mountain
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Civil War Atlas Maps
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Union Officers
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Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard
Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield
Maj. Gen. Greenville M. Dodge
Brig. Gen. William F. Barry
Brig. Gen. William Grose
Brig. Gen. John Newton
Brig. Gen. Nathan Newton
Brig. Gen. George D. Wagner
Brig. Gen. Luther P. Bradley
Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood
Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan
Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams
Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Knipe
Brig. Gen. John W. Geary
Brig. Gen. Milo S. Hascall
Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox
Brig. Gen. James W. Reilly
Brig. Gen. Morgan L. Smith
Brig. Gen. Giles A. Smith
Brig. Gen. Joseph A. J. Lighthouse
Brig. Gen. Charles C. Walcutt
Brig. Gen. John M. Corse
Brig. Gen. Elliott W. Rice
Brig. Gen. Walter Q. Greshan
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Union Official Records
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Bailey, Ronald H., Ed. Battles for Atlanta Sherman Moves East. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1985. p 60-75
Baumgartner, Richard A. and Larry M. Strayer. Kennesaw Mountain June 1864 Bitter Standoff at the Gibraltor of Georgia.
Huntington, WV: Blue Acorn Press, 2006.
Cannan, John. "The Atlanta Campaign May-November 1864. The Great Military Campaigns of the Civil War. Conshohocken,
PA: Combined Books, 1991. p 87-100
Cox, Jacob D. "Atlanta." Campaigns of the Civil War. New York: Scribner's and Sons, 1881-1883. rpt National Historical
Society, 2009. p 116-129
Davis, George B., Leslie J. Perry and Joseph W. Kirkley, Eds. The Official Military Atlas of the Civil War. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1891-1895. rpt. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003. Plates 59-1, 62-6, 88-2
Derry, Joseph T. "Georgia." Confederate Military History volume VI of XII. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt.
National Historical Society, 2008. p 317-320
Howard, Oliver, O. "The Struggle for Atlanta." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel. eds. Battles and
Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition. Volume IV Part I. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. National Historical
Society, 2006. p 293-325
Johnston, Joseph E. "Opposing Sherman's Advance to Atlanta." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel. eds.
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition. Volume IV Part I. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. National
Historical Society, 2006. p 293-325
Maxfield, Derek D. Man of Fire William Tecumseh Sherman in the Civil War. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2023. p 80-93
Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel. eds. "The Opposing Forces in the Atlanta Campaign." Battles and
Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition. Volume IV Part I. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. National Historical
Society, 2006. p 284-292
Warner, Ezra J. Generals in Blue Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1964.
------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.
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