ORDER OF BATTLE // May 7, 1864
Atlanta Campaign
Estimated force strength by side, with confidence labels per surviving record.
Forces engaged
2 sides catalogued · combined 172,819 estimated
United States
112,819
Medium-confidence figure
Confederate States
60,000
Medium-confidence figure
Battle context
The Atlanta Campaign was a sustained Union offensive through northwest Georgia during the summer of 1864, constituting a central operation in the western theater of the American Civil War. Union Major General William T. Sherman advanced from the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee, into Georgia opposed by Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. The Union force of over 112,000 men faced a Confederate army of approximately 60,000. Combined casualties exceeded 66,000 across both sides. Command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee passed from Johnston to John B. Hood during the campaign. The fall of Atlanta carried significant strategic and political weight within the broader conflict of 1864.
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