Sherman's 1864 trail of battle to Atlanta /
Secrist, Philip L.
Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press,
2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [176]-186) and index.
Military activities near Dalton -- Battle of Resaca -- The Confederates escape the trap -- Preservation of the battlefield -- The retreat, poor roads and worse maps -- Adairsville, the fight at the Octagon house -- The Woodlands and Spring Bank mansions -- The battle at Cassville -- The building and burning of Cassville -- Civilian hardships in the path of armies -- The plantation belt along the Etowah -- Crossing the Etowah into the Wilderness -- The battle at New Hope Church -- The battle at Pickett's Mill and the preservation of the site -- The battle of Dallas -- The war years in Atlanta -- The first battles in Cobb County in 1864 -- Battle of Mud Creek and the saga of Peter Cupp -- The Wallis house and battle of Nodine's Hill -- Sandtown Road and the Manning house -- Colonel Barnhill at Kennesaw Spur, 27 June -- Roswell women and the Johnston River line -- Atlanta, the battles at Peachtree Creek -- The battle of Atlanta, 22 july 1864 -- The battle at Ezra Church -- Atlanta under siege, shell and shot -- The failures of Sherman's cavalry -- Flanking to Jonesboro, Atlanta is lost -- Sherman's battle trail in retrospect.
Atlanta Campaign, 1864.