The Battle of Ezra Church and the Struggle for Atlanta

by Earl J. Hess

Book Overview

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 General Oliver O. Howard decisively repelled every attack...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469642263
• ISBN13: 9781469642260
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"