Atlanta Campaign Order of Battle

By 1864, the American landscape had been ravaged by three years of brutal conflict. Both the U.S and the Confederacy sought for an end to the war once and for all. On the U.S side, Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman devised a strategy to accomplish this Herculean task. A staff member of Sherman's, Col. S. M. Brown later wrote"...the two generals, who had so long been inseparable, planned together that colossal structure ... and, grasping one another firmly by the hand, separated, one to the east, the other to the west, each to strike at the same instant his half of the ponderous death-blow." Just a few months later, the Atllanta Campaign began.

Ocurring mostly in the hilly and mountainous terrain of North Georgia, the Atlanta Campaign lasted from May 7 - September 2, 1864. Over 180,000 U.S and Confederate troops were engaged in the war effort. Of that number, over 70,000 casualties were reported by the end of campaign, all of whom were Americans.

Military Structure and Order of Battle

The military structure and order of battle show the hierarchical organization, command structure, strength, disposition of personnel, and the equipment of units and formations of Civil War armies. An order of battle may change as a engagement progresses, and most are finalized from the dispatches and memoirs of the commanding officers.