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During the march to Kennesaw Mountain,General Ulysses S. attacked General Robert E. Lee in the west, distracting Lee so he could not stop Sherman from reaching Kennesaw Mountain. When Sherman reached Kennesaw Mountain he was frustrated and called for a all out frontal assault. The battle lasted for a day and a half, on the last day of the battle the Confederacy fired many bullets at the Union troops killing about four times as many deaths than the Confederacy.

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Johnston's new the land better than Sherman which gave him an advantage. Johnston's troops were entrenched to make it harder for the Union to shoot and kill them.

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Sherman liked for the attacks be man to man or a all out frontal assault.

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After Sherman went to Kennesaw Mountain he went to Atlanta to stop all war industries.

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Sherman pushed Johnston from Dalton, Georgia all the way to Marietta, Georgia.

About the end of June Sherman reached Kennesaw Mountain.

His supplies were protected in Chattanooga.

The confederate army was entrenched making it harder for the Union to shoot at them.

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"Commentary on Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia." The Civil War. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey. Student Resources in Context. Web. 12 May 2014.

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442 total

270 killed

172 missing

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2,051 Total

1,999 deaths

52 missing

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16,225

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17,733

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General Joseph E. Johnston

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Major General William T. Sherman

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June 26, 1864