Heavy rains had turned the roads to…

June 1864 CE

Heavy rains had turned the roads to quagmires by June 1 and Sherman had been forced to return to the railroad to supply his men.

Johnston's new line (called the Brushy Mountain Line) had been established by June 4 northwest of Marietta, along Lost Mountain, Pine Mountain, and Brush Mountain.

On June 14, following eleven days of steady rain, Sherman is ready to move again.

While on a personal reconnaissance, he spots a group of Confederate officers on Pine Mountain and orders one of his artillery batteries to open fire.

Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk, the "Fighting Bishop," is killed and Johnston withdraws his men from Pine Mountain, establishing a new line in an arc-shaped defensive position from Kennesaw Mountain to Little Kennesaw Mountain.

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Pine Mountain Cobb Georgia United States View →

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George Henry Thomas View → James B. McPherson View → John Bell Hood View → John Schofield View → Joseph E. Johnston View → Joseph Wheeler View → Leonidas Polk View → Ulysses S. Grant View → William J. Hardee View → William Tecumseh Sherman View →

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Georgia, State of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Western Theater of the American Civil War View → American Civil War & Reconstruction; 1864 through 1875 View → Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of View → Atlanta Campaign View →

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