Battle of Ezra Church and the Struggle for Atlanta
Fought on July 28, 1864, the Battle of Ezra Church was a dramatic engagement during the Civil War''s Atlanta campaign. Confederate forces under John Bell Hood desperately fought to stop William T. Sherman''s advancing armies as they tried to cut the last Confederate supply line into the city. Confederates under General Stephen D. Lee nearly overwhelmed the Union right flank, but Federals under Gen...
Fought on July 28, 1864, the Battle of Ezra Church was a dramatic engagement during the Civil War''s Atlanta campaign. Confederate forces under John Bell Hood desperately fought to stop William T. Sherman''s advancing armies as they tried to cut the last Confederate supply line into the city. Confederates under General Stephen D. Lee nearly overwhelmed the Union right flank, but Federals under Gen...
