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The Civil War & Reconstruction

#522- THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Twenty-first)

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

History

4.75K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In which we continue our discussion of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia on June 27, 1864, by setting the stage for the fierce fighting at the Dead Angle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.1

With this show, we're going to continue looking at the action at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia on June 27, 1864.

1:26.5

With the last episode, we started to cover the attacks by the Federals in George Thomas's

1:32.3

Army of the Cumberland.

1:33.8

And as you guys will recall, the assaults we covered last time were mainly hitting the

1:38.8

portion of the Confederate line held by Patrick Claiborne's division.

1:43.4

To the south of Claiborne's position, To the south of Clayburn's position, the Confederates

1:46.2

of Benjamin Franklin Cheatham's division were largely unaffected by the attacks carried out by two

1:52.1

of the three Federal Fourth Corps brigades. As we talked about last week, the assault by Harker's

1:57.7

brigade had been the only one affecting Cheatham when Harker's

2:01.5

Federals hit a part of the Confederate line held by Alfred Vaughn's brigade.

2:05.6

However, Harker's brigade was part of Fourth Corps, and to his right, that is, south

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