#525- THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Twenty-fourth)

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

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🗓️ 19 April 2026

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In which Sherman takes stock of the lessons learned from the failed Federal frontal attacks on the Confederate lines at Kennesaw Mountain and decides to switch strategies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:14.9	And I'm Tracy. Hello, y'all. Welcome to the podcast. On the evening of June 27, 1864,
1:22.8	William Tecumseh Sherman reported to Henry Halleck in Washington on the State of Affairs in Georgia,
1:29.6	and Sherman had little good news to pass along since that day had been among the worst in the
1:35.7	campaign.
1:36.8	Sherman began by laying out what had occurred, saying that the attack he proposed making
1:42.1	on the Confederates' Kinnisov position had indeed been launched,
1:46.9	with troops from both McPherson's and George Thomas's commands, making strong frontal assaults on the rebel lines.
1:54.9	Sherman admitted, quote, neither attack was successful, though both columns reached the enemy's works, which are very strong.
2:05.4	Sherman then provided the initial estimate of the day's losses, reporting 500 casualties for McPherson's
2:13.1	Army of the Tennessee, and about 2,000 from George Thomas's Army of the Cumberland.
2:19.8	As it turned out, both were low estimates since the butcher's bill for June 27th amounted to
2:27.2	3,000 Federals killed, wounded, and missing.
2:31.7	Confederate losses for the day are believed to have been around 700 killed, wounded, and missing. Confederate losses for the day are believed to have been around 700 killed, wounded, and
2:37.0	missing.
2:38.0	The huge difference between federal and Confederate losses testified to the effectiveness
2:43.0	of the rebels' fortifications.
2:46.0	Sherman admitted to Halleck that his men, quote, inflicted comparatively little loss to the enemy,
2:52.9	because the rebels, quote, lay behind well-formed breastworks.
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