Battle of Pickett's Mill (Civil War Series)

On
May 27, 1864, Union forces under the command of William Tecumseh Sherman
attacked Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston and his men at Pickett’s Mill
in Paulding County, Georgia. Following his defeat at New Hope Church, Sherman
ordered Major General Oliver Howard to attack Johnston’s flank, which Sherman
believed to be exposed. But the Confederate soldiers were ready, and Sherman’s
supporting troops never arrived. What ensued was a battle that cost 2,100 lives
and a defeat that Sherman left completely out of his memoirs. Author Brad Butkovich
brings to life through personal letters, newspaper accounts and unit histories
the battle that Union soldier and author Ambrose Bierce called “the Dead-Line."