Atlanta (Hood's Attack) July 22, 1864

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Civil War Battle of Atlanta (Hood's Attack) Historian Page Before the Battle of Peach Tree Creek General Sherman ordered his men to move towards Atlanta. General Sherman and his men began to apply pressure to the Confederates under the command of General John Bell Hood. Union General Francis Blair spotted a high ridge called "Bald Hill" and told his troops to take the hill. The next day, the Union was able to take the ridge and immediately dug in. The Union's artillery was able to reach the center of Atlanta where General Sherman and his men were. Sherman and much of his staff believed the Battle for Atlanta was over. On July 20, 1864 Hood decided that they had to strike. So on the morning of July 22nd Sherman thought that Hood's men evacuated Atlanta then from the left wing loud booms warned him that the battle had just begun. This battle was won by the Union. General Sherman hated the South and he wanted to do anything to make sure the South remembered him and his troops. So, he started a fire in Atlanta that wiped out the whole city. General Sherman was told to march down towards the sea and on his way down there he made a fire path that was 200 miles wide.   John B. Hood   William T. Sherman Other things that also happened in 1864: In the Battle of Kennesaw, the Prussian and Austrian forces occupied Schleswig-Holstein and defeated the Danish Army. Also, the Paraguayan war was going on in South America. In Japan there was an attack in Kagoshima.

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