THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN

The 38th Alabama Infantry spent the spring of 1864 in a retreating flanking action that saw it involved at Rocky Face Mountain, Dalton, Cassville, Resaca, New Hope Church and other skirmishes.

They left winter quarters north of Dalton at Crow Valley on May 7,1864, with Colonel Augustus Lankford in command. This period is sometimes called the 100-Day Battle. Colonel Lankford was soon to be captured at Resaca carrying the regimental colors as three color bearers had been taken out. The Federals took possession of the southern stronghold of Atlanta on July 22, 1864. Fields of Glory - A History and Tour Guide of the War in the West, the Atlanta Campaign,1864 by Jim Miles is the best reference for this campaign.

Preparations for War

Library of Congress photos of some of the Confederate preparations for war at Atlanta.

Confederate fortications at Atlanta - just north of of the Georgia RR looking South (1864). Note the head blocks.

Confederate palisades on the north side of Atlanta.

More fortifictions.

Captured Confederate fort in front of Atlanta.