Battle of the Siege of the Atlanta Campaign

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:battle
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:35th_Ohio_Cavalry_Regiment
gptkbp:activities Detailed accounts exist
gptkbp:aftermath Union forces continued to advance
gptkbp:casualties Union: 3,641
Confederacy: 5,000
gptkbp:combatants gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:political_organization
gptkbp:commander gptkb:John_Bell_Hood
gptkb:Colonel_William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkbp:cultural_impact Influenced literature and film
Inspired songs and poems
gptkbp:date July 22, 1864
gptkbp:duration 1 day
gptkbp:followed_by gptkb:Battle_of_Ezra_Church
gptkbp:historical_context Civil War battles in the South
gptkbp:historical_debate Role of leadership
Casualty assessments
Interpretations of tactics
Impact on the war's outcome
Military innovations used
Long-term effects on the South
Strategic decisions made
gptkbp:historical_significance Boosted Northern morale
Influenced the 1864 presidential election
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Siege of the Atlanta Campaign
gptkbp:involved_units gptkb:Army_of_Mississippi
gptkb:Army_of_the_Tennessee
gptkbp:is_celebrated_in Reenactments
Memorials in Atlanta
gptkbp:legacy Significant in military history
Symbol of Union resolve
gptkbp:location gptkb:Atlanta,_Georgia
gptkbp:media_coverage Contemporary newspaper articles
gptkbp:military_strategy gptkb:military_siege
Total war
gptkbp:notable_figures gptkb:James_B._Mc_Pherson
gptkb:Joseph_E._Johnston
gptkbp:outcome gptkb:Fall_of_Atlanta
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkb:Atlanta_Campaign
gptkbp:preceded_by gptkb:Battle_of_Peachtree_Creek
gptkbp:primary_source Official records
Post-war analyses
Letters from the front
Soldier diaries
gptkbp:result gptkb:Union_victory
gptkbp:significance Strategic victory for the Union
gptkbp:strategic_importance Control of Atlanta
gptkbp:tactics Flanking maneuvers
Entrenchments