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Aapril 1864
17	Grant halts prisoner exchange, increasing the Confederate man power shortage.
May 1864
6	Sherman	opens the Atlanta Campaign
Army of Tennessee.
9	Sherman?s first attempt to flank Johnston at Dalton, Ga., fails.
Cth	20	?
10	Lt. Gen. Leonidas K. Polk orders Sixth and Twentieth Mississippians to Rome, Ga.
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11	Twaa-ticth Mississippi arrives at Resaca, Ga., with Adams? brigade.
13	Johnston withdraws from Daltonjto Resaca.
15	Sherman resumes his flanking movement, forcing Johnston
to abandon Resaca toward Adairsville.
T
agaimst Johnston?s
16	Johnston	retreats to Cassville, Ga.
19	Johnston	is flanked out of his Cassville defense	line and
goes to Allatoona.
24	Sherman	advances toward Dallas, Ga., after	flanking
Johnstown from his Allatoona Pass defenses.
25	A four-day fight between Johnston and Sherman	opens at
New Hope Church, Ga.
June 1864
4 Johnstcjn shifts his lines to Lost, Pine, and Brush Mountains to check Sherman?s advance.
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