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General Polk is killed at Pine Mountain. His command becomes A. P. Stewart?s corps, Army of Tennessee. 2QT? At Pine Mountain, T-wentieth Mississippi retakes a picket line at cost of 150 killed and wounded. Johnston withdraws from Pine Mountain to Kennesaw Mountain. Sherman?s frontal assault on Kennesaw Mountain is driven back by Johnston. Johnsto withdraws from Kennesaw Mountain to his Chattahoochee River defenses to escape Sherman?s flanking movement. Johnston withdraws from the Chattahoochee River line as Sherman outflanks him and pushes toward Atlanta. General John Bell Hood replaces Johnston in command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee as Sherman nears Atlanta. Twentieth Mississippi engages in action at Moore?s Mill. Hood?s attack on the Federals at Peach Tree Creek, Ga., is repulsed; Sherman moves to cut Atlanta?s rail connections. Company E is in works east of the railroad. Hood fails to turn Sherman?s flank at the Battle of Atlanta. Union Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson is killed. At Ezra Church, Ga., Hood?s third attack on Sherman is broken. Company E is held in reserve to the forces engaged, on the Lick Skillet road. Generals Loring and Stewart are wounded. Brigadier General Winfield Scott Featherston takes over temporary command from Loring. 1864 LOW
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