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Other Name: Marietta Operations, Pine Hill, Pine Mountain, Brushy Mountain, Lost Mountain, Gilgal Creek, Noonday Creek, Ruff’s Mill
State: Georgia
Location: Cobb County
Campaign: Atlanta Campaign (1864)
Dates: June 9-July 3, 1864
Principal Commanders: union  Union States: Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman
confederate  Confederate States: Gen. Joseph E. Johnston
Forces Engaged: union  Union States: Military Division of the Mississippi
confederate  Confederate States: Army of Tennessee
Estimated Casualties: Unknown
Results: Sherman first found Johnston's army entrenched in the Marietta area on June 9. The Confederate's had established defensive lines along Brushy, Pine, and Lost Mountains. Sherman extended his forces beyond the Confederate lines, causing a partial Rebel
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During the Atlanta Campaign, Sherman maneuvered Johnston's Confederate army out of several successive defensive positions in Cobb County. This strategy spared the Union army from making costly frontal attacks on the well-situated Confederates.
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