On June 27, 1864, Sherman ordered his 16,000 soldiers to attack the fortified lines of the enemy.
The Confederate general Joseph Johnston, who had been steadily retreating before the Union general William Tecumseh Sherman, ordered 18,000 troops to throw up breastworks near this site, and there he made a stand. On June 27, 1864, Sherman ordered his 16,000 soldiers to attack the fortified lines of the enemy. The assault failed, and the Union withdrew. For ten points, identify this most severe defeat suffered by Union forces during the Georgia campaign, the namesake of the first commissioner of Major League Baseball.
The Confederate general Joseph Johnston, who had been steadily retreating before the Union general William Tecumseh Sherman, ordered 18,000 troops to throw up breastworks near this site, and there he made a stand.
Battle of {Kennesaw Mountain}