General Sherman stalled there on May 25, 1864 after a series of maneuvers designed to force the Confederate Army back to Atlanta. Sherman then did what he had avoided doing for weeks, ordering a frontal assault in which he lo
General Sherman stalled there on May 25, 1864 after a series of maneuvers designed to force the Confederate Army back to Atlanta. Sherman then did what he had avoided doing for weeks, ordering a frontal assault in which he lost nearly eight times as many men as the Confederates even though he was outnumbering them eight to one. FTP, name this Civil War battle won by Johnston which later yielded the name of major league baseball's first commissioner.
General Sherman stalled there on May 25, 1864 after a series of maneuvers designed to force the Confederate Army back to Atlanta.