Battle of Peachtree Creek
Confederate Commander
Forces Engaged: 20,250
Killed: 1,113
Wounded: 2,500
Casualties: 1,183
Total Casualties: 4,796
Confederate Officers
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Lieut. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart
Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Cheatham
Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith
Brig. Gen. John Adams
Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Scott
Brig. Gen. Mathew Ector
Brig. Gen. Francis M. Cockrell
Brig. Gen. Claudius W. Sears
Brig. Gen. Edward C. Walthall
Brig. Gen. William A. Quarles
Brig. Gen. Daniel H. Reynolds
Brig. Gen. George Maney
Brig. Gen. John C. Carter
brig. Gen. Otho F. Strahl
Brig. Gen. Alfred J. Vaughn, Jr.
Brig. Gen. Mark P. Lowry
Brig. Gen. Daniel Govan
Brig. Gen. Hiram B. Granbury
Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson
Brig. Gen. Clement H. Stevens
Brig. Gen. William B. Bate
Brig. Gen. Joseph H. Lewis
Brig. Gen. Thomas B. Smith
Brig. Gen. Jesse J. Finley
Brig. Gen. William H. Jackson
Brig. Gen. Frank C. Armstrong
Brig. Gen. Lawrence S. Roer
Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Ferguson
Brig. Gen. R. W. Carswell
Brig. Gen. Pleasant J. Phillips
Brig. Gen. Charles D. Anderson
Brig. Gen. H. K. McCoy
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July 19-20, 1864
Fulton County, Georgia
Union Victory
Part of the Atlanta Campaign
National Park Service
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Battlefield Trust
Peachtree Creek - July 20, 1864
Missed Opportunity - Preservation at Peachtree Creek
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HistoryNet
Battle of Peachtree Creek and Atlanta
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Union Commander
Forces Engaged: 21,655
Killed: 300
Wounded: 1,410
Casualties and Losses: 1,710
Union Officers
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Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball
Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood
Brig. Gen. Luther P. Bradley
Brig. Gen. William B. Hazen
Brig. Gen. Richard W. Johnson
Brig. Gen. John H. King
Brig. Gen. James D. Morgan
Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams
Brig. Gen. Joseph F. Knipe
Brig. Gen. Thomas H. Ruger
Brig. Gen. John W. Geary
Brig. Gen. William T. Ward
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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 92-95
Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 625-627
Cannon, John. The Atlanta Campaign May-November 1864. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, 1991. p 111-118
Cox, Jacob, D. Atlanta. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1881-1883. rpt. National Historical Society, 2009. p 144-155
Derry, Joseph T. Georgia. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt. National Historical Society, 2008. p 296-352
Howard, Oliver O. "The Struggle for America." Robert Underwood Johnson & Clarence Clough Buel, eds. Battles and Leaders
of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Part IV Vol I. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. 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 87-89
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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