Bell I. Wiley CONTENTS Foreword by Bell I. Wiley i Spring 1864 1 Resaca 7 To the Etowah 14 New Hope Church 18 Kennesaw Mountain 23 Across the Chattahoochee 29 Johnston Removed From Command 32 In the Ranks 34 Peachtree Creek 42 The Battle of Atlanta 46 Ezra Church 48 The Month of August 51 Jonesborough 54 Epilogue 57 Sherman in Atlanta: A Photographic Portfolio 59 For Further Reading 70 Civil War Sites in Georgia 71 [Illustration: {uncaptioned}] SPRING 1864 One of the most important military campaigns of the American Civil War was fought in northwestern Georgia during the spring and summer of 1864 between Northern forces under Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman and Confederates commanded first by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and then by Gen. John B. Hood. This campaign resulted in the capture of Atlanta by the Unionists, prepared the way for Sherman’s “March to the Sea,” and, in the opinion of many historians, made inevitable the reelection of Abraham Lincoln and the consequent determination of the North to see the war through to final victory rather than accept a compromise with secession and slavery.