A brief summary of the Atlanta campaign, July 20 to July 28, 1864: July 20, Peachtree Creek Stewart and Hardee's Corps attack 20th Corps (+), frontal attack. Confederate Losses: c. 2,500 of 20,000 Union Losses: c. 1,900 of 21,000 July 22, Atlanta Hardee's flank, Cheatham frontal attack on Army of the Tennessee. Confederate Losses: c. 5,500 of c. 40,000 Union Losses: 3,722 of 34,863 July 28, Ezra Church Lee's Corps (+) frontal attack on Army of the Tennessee. Confederate Losses: c. 3,000 of c. 15,000 Union Losses: 632 of 13,542 Atlanta 20-28 Campaign Totals Confederate Losses: c. 14,800 of c. 55,000 Union Losses: c. 6,000 of c. 8 1,000 Aug 31-Sept 1, Jonesboro Hardee & Lee frontal attack on 15th Corps, followed by an attack by the Army of the Tennessee on Hardee's Corps alone the next day. Confederate Losses: c. 3,000 of 25,600 Union Losses: 1,453 of 22,166 As Sherman advanced on Atlanta, Hood attacked his right just after it crossed Peachtree Creek. This failed, and was followed by a retreat and flank march to begin the attack on Sherman's left. An attempt to meet Sherman's maneuver to the West of Atlanta resulted in the battle at Ezra Church, which was a frontal attack managed by S.D. Lee, though Hood had apparently not intended that the battle be fought, at least on that date. In the first two actions, the attacks were long delayed due to subordinates not reaching expected positions in the times expected. Even so, the July 22 battle began with an effective flank attack, though by chance the Union 16th Corps happened to be in a position to frustrate the plan. Although properly part of the Atlanta campaign, Jonesboro is more than a month later, and for purposes of comparison won't be considered, just as we set aside Seven Pines earlier. As with the Richmond defense, there are other less important actions not listed. (Losses and strengths from Livermore, except Confederate losses from Castel. Confederate losses from this period are estimates, and earlier ones are considered to be too high for the Confederates.) The Seven Days and Atlanta Campaigns Similarities and Differences Introduction The Seven Days' Campaign 1862 Battles for Atlanta 1864 The Comparison Petersburg/ Richmond Campaign 1864 Wargame Representations and Simulations Back to Table of Contents -- Against the Odds vol. 2 no. 1 Back to Against the Odds List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2003 by LPS. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com * Buy this back issue or subscribe to Against the Odds direct from LPS.