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Ezra Church (1864)
 
War:   American Civil War
 
Also known as:   Battle of the Poor House
 
Date(s):   28 Jul 1864
 
Location:   Fulton County, Georgia, US
 
Outcome:   Union Victory
 
Description:   Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard, USA Gen. John B. Hood, CSA Two Confederate Corps sortied against the Union Army of the Tennessee. Union casualties were only about 550 against roughly 3,000 Confederate losses. Earlier, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s forces had approached Atlanta from the east and north. Hood had not defeated them, but he had kept them away from the city. Sherman now decided to attack from the west. He ordered the Army of the Tennessee, commanded by Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard, to move from the left wing to the right and cut Hood’s last railroad supply line between East Point and Atlanta. Hood foresaw such a maneuver and determined to send the two corps of Lt. Gen. Stephen D. Lee and Lt. Gen. Alexander P. Stewart to intercept and destroy the Union force. Thus, on the afternoon of July 28, the Rebels assaulted Howard at Ezra Church. Howard had anticipated such a thrust, entrenched one of his corps in the Confederates’ path, and repulsed the determined attack, inflicting numerous casualties. Howard, however, failed to cut the railroad.


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