page_title: Battle of Pickett's Mill
section_title: Battle
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Pickett's Mill / Battle
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of battlefield core and study areas. The study area was expanded slightly to better fit the physical contours of the landscape. The Core Area was reduced from the political boundaries of the state park to only those lands known to be associated with the battle history.
context_page_description: The Battle of Pickett's Mill was fought on May 27, 1864, in Paulding County, Georgia, during the American Civil War between Union and Confederate forces. Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman attempted an attack on the right flank of Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
context_section_description: After the Union defeat at New Hope Church, Sherman ordered Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard to attack Johnston's seemingly exposed right flank. The Confederates were ready for the attack, which did not unfold as planned because supporting troops never appeared. The Confederates repulsed the attack causing high casualties.
  Author Ambrose Bierce fought for the Union at Pickett's Mill as a topographical engineer under William Babcock Hazen. Bierce's short story "The Crime at Pickett's Mill" is about this battle.
  Bierce reported that the battle took about 45 minutes; that the total loss was 1,400 men; one-half were killed and wounded in Hazen's brigade in 30 minutes of actual fighting.
caption: Map of Pickett's Mill Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.
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