On May 27, 1864, Union forces under the command of William Tecumseh Sherman attacked Confederate general Joseph E.
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.".
What ensued was a Battle that cost 2, 100 lives and a defeat that Sherman left completely out of his memoirs.
But the Confederate soldiers were ready, and Sherman\'s supporting troops never arrived.
Following his defeat at New Hope Church, Sherman ordered Major General Oliver Howard to attack Johnston\'s flank, which Sherman believed to be exposed.
Johnston and his men at Pickett\'s Mill in Paulding County, Georgia.
On May 27, 1864, Union forces under the command of William Tecumseh Sherman attacked Confederate general Joseph E
