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The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
June 27, 1864
A Major Battle in the Campaign for Atlanta
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CONFEDERATE LEADERS
Joseph E. Johnston
Lieutenant Generals
John Bell Hood
Promoted to Lieutenant General by Davis February 2, 1864 with date of rank from September 20, 1863, the date he fell at Chickamauga (a bullet shattered his right thigh bone, necessitating amputation near the hip). He reported later in the month to the to take command of Second Corps, Army of Tennessee and served under Johnston. In spite of General Robert E. Lee's objections and Braxton Bragg's less than flowing praise, Davis promoted Hood to Commander of the Army of the Tennessee on July 17, 1864.
William J. Hardee
Known as "Old Reliable," Hardee was a veteran of virtually all of the Army of Tennessee's battles. Following that army's humiliating rout at Chattanooga, he had become its acting commander, but when President Davis offered him the post on a regular basis he declined it.
Stephen Dill Lee
Leonidas Polk
Alexander Peter Stewart
Major Generals
Patrick Cleburne
One of two foreign born officers to attain the rank of major general in the Confederate armed forces, he was recognized as a skilled combat officer and distinguished himself in many battles. He repeatedly faced Sherman's advancing troops during the Atlanta Campaign. After Cleburne's troops absorbed the Union assault at Pickett's Mill, he was moved to the Confederate left and was involved in the skirmishing along the Dallas line.
William Wing Loring
Gustavus Smith
Carter Littlepage Stevenson
William Henry Talbot Walker
Joseph Wheeler
Fresh from West Point, with strong personal convictions and unshakable courage, "Fighting Joe" fought for his native Georgia at the outbreak of the Civil War and won fame as a cavalryman. Wheeler led 8,500 men during the Atlanta campaign, and had headed the Army of Tennessee's cavalry since the fall of 1862. He gave Johnston's army what Sherman's lacked - a capable, experienced commander for its horsemen, who throughout the campaign would more than hold their own against the Union troopers.
Samuel L. French
Others
Charles Hart Olmstead
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