Battle of Utoy Creek

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The Battle of Utoy Creek was an 1864 engagement during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War, in which Union forces attempted to cut off Confederate rail and supply lines southwest of Atlanta.

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instanceOf American Civil War battle
battle
alsoKnownAs Engagement at Utoy Creek
belligerent Confederate Army
Confederate States of America
Union Army
United States of America
campaignObjective cut Confederate rail lines southwest of Atlanta
cut Confederate supply lines southwest of Atlanta
casualties Union casualties higher than Confederate casualties
combatantStrength Union forces numerically superior to Confederate defenders
commander John Bell Hood
John M. Schofield
linked to: John Schofield

William J. Hardee
William T. Sherman
conflict American Civil War
continent North America
country United States
date 1864-08-05
endDate 1864-08-07
followedBy subsequent Union flanking operations around Atlanta
hasPart Union assaults on August 6, 1864
skirmishing along Utoy Creek
location Fulton County, Georgia
Utoy Creek, Georgia
southwest of Atlanta, Georgia
militaryBranchInvolved Confederate artillery
Confederate infantry
Union artillery
Union infantry
partOf Atlanta Campaign
operations against the Atlanta and West Point Railroad
precededBy Battle of Ezra Church
railTarget Atlanta and West Point Railroad
Macon and Western Railroad
result Confederate defensive victory
Union attack repulsed
significance failed Union attempt to sever Confederate rail connections into Atlanta
illustrated strength of Confederate field fortifications around Atlanta
startDate 1864-08-05
state Georgia
strategicContext Union operations to encircle and capture Atlanta
tactics Confederate use of field fortifications and defensive works
Union frontal assaults against entrenched Confederate positions
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War
year 1864

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Battle of Ezra Church followedBy Battle of Utoy Creek