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This Day in Civil War History July 28th, 1864 Battle of Ezra Church begins
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Posted on 07/28/2010 4:51:04 AM PDT by mainepatsfan

Jul 28, 1864:

Battle of Ezra Church begins

On this day, Confederates under General John Bell Hood make a third attempt to break General William T. Sherman's hold on Atlanta. Like the first two, this attack failed, destroying the Confederate Army of Tennessee's offensive capabilities.

Hood had replaced Joseph Johnston as commander of the Army of Tennessee on July 18, 1864, because Johnston had failed to keep Sherman away from Atlanta. Upon assuming command of the army, Hood quickly scrapped Johnston's defensive strategy and attacked Sherman, first on July 20 at Peachtree Creek, and then on July 22 at the Battle of Atlanta. Both failed, but that did not deter Hood from making another attempt to break the Union hold on the important Southern city.

When Sherman sent General Oliver O. Howard southeast of Atlanta to cut the Macon and Western Railroad, one of the remaining supply lines, Hood sent Stephen D. Lee's corps to block the move. Lee attacked at Ezra Church, but the battle did not go as planned for the Confederates. Instead of striking the Union flank, Lee's corps hit the Union center, where the Yankee troops were positioned behind barricades made from logs and pews taken from the church. Throughout the afternoon, Lee made several attacks on the Union lines. Each was turned back, and Lee was not able to get around the Union flank.

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1 posted on 07/28/2010 4:51:07 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: mainepatsfan; xsmommy; CholeraJoe; neverdem

Happened down the road a bit... Between our house and my daughter’s high school....

Ole Polk got shoot with his cannonball across the street.


2 posted on 07/28/2010 5:14:55 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE; mainepatsfan

Gen. Hood got a lot of people killed.


3 posted on 07/28/2010 5:18:06 AM PDT by Tax-chick (John Wayne, Johnny Cash, John Deere)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

My grandparents lived on Utoy Creek back in the late 60s early 70s. There were trench lines in their yard.

After a rain, we used to pick up minie balls with no effort. You could find US and CS ammo.


4 posted on 07/28/2010 5:21:06 AM PDT by doodad
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To: Tax-chick
Gen. Hood got a lot of people killed.

To paraphrase what Lee said about him...all lion, no fox.

5 posted on 07/28/2010 2:44:36 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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Did Lee say that? Good call. General Hood was a great leader of men, and his personal courage was absolutely unmatched. In some situations, he was a darn good division or corps commander ... but he was SO out of his league in the last months of the War.

I sat on (what’s left of) the field in Franklin (being as they charged right up the US Highway that’s now there ;-) with the cold sweats and tears pouring down my face while my husband considered calling 911. It was so bad there.


6 posted on 07/28/2010 2:47:34 PM PDT by Tax-chick (John Wayne, Johnny Cash, John Deere)
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In some situations, he was a darn good division or corps commander ... but he was SO out of his league in the last months of the War.

He was also in quite a bit of discomfort needing to be strapped to his own horse. Not the best condition to be commanding an army on campaign.

7 posted on 07/28/2010 3:46:26 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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I know, poor man! Have you read “In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead”? Gen. Hood is a character.


8 posted on 07/28/2010 4:09:49 PM PDT by Tax-chick (John Wayne, Johnny Cash, John Deere)
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To: mainepatsfan

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9 posted on 07/28/2010 4:13:58 PM PDT by Tax-chick (John Wayne, Johnny Cash, John Deere)
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10 posted on 07/28/2010 6:28:32 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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