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Battle of Allatoona (October 1864), US Civil War

The Battle of Allatoona, also known as the Battle of Allatoona Pass , was fought October 5, 1864, in Bartow County, Georgia , and was the first major engagement of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War . A Confederate division under Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French attacked a Union garrison under Brig. Gen. John M. Corse , but was unable to dislodge it from its fortified position ...