"What was the Battle of Allatoona Pass?" Topic

"he Battle of Allatoona Pass was the first major engagement of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign during the Civil War. The battle was fought on October 5, 1864, shortly after the burning of Atlanta. Threatened by the Union's bold advances on the Confederacy, Lieutenant General John Bell Hood ordered the Confederate Army of Tennessee northward to threaten Major General William T. Sherman's supply chain on the Western and Atlantic Railroad.

Under General Hood's suggestion, Lieutenant General Alexander P. Stewart selected General Samuel G. French's division to lead an attack on a supply base called Star Fort in the Allatoona Pass. French and his men approached the garrison in the early morning hours of October 5. At 7:00 am, they launched an attack on the Union fortifications, using eleven Confederate-manufactured Napoleon guns.

After two hours of fire, General French sent word across Union lines, requesting the fort's commander, Brigadier General John M. Corse, to surrender. French's message was recorded as follows…"

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Armand

I prefer to think of it as the last major action of the Atlanta campaign.

I think of it as part of its own North Georgia Railroad campaign. When he left Palmetto, Hood had no plans to invade Tennessee. Only after he retreated into Alabama before Sherman's pursuit did he decide his next step was to march into Tennessee.

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Armand