Battle of Dallas | Ohio Civil War

May 26–June 4, 1864

The Battle of Dallas was a series of encounters between Union forces commanded by Major General William T. Sherman and Confederate forces commanded by General Joseph E. Johnston during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The engagements took place in Paulding County, Georgia, in and around Dallas, from May 26-June 4, 1864.

In late November 1863, Union forces commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant successfully lifted Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Union victories at Lookout Mountain (November 24) and Missionary Ridge (November 25) forced Johnston to withdraw thirty miles south near Dalton, Georgia.

After the Federal breakout from Chattanooga, Grant was promoted to the special rank of Lieutenant General and placed in command of all Union armies. Grant moved his headquarters to Washington, DC, leaving his trusted subordinate, Major General William T. Sherman, in command of Federal operations in the Western Theater. Grant's primary military strategy was a coordinated effort to attack and defeat the two main Confederate armies in the field, Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia in the east, and Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee in the west. On May 5, 1864, Grant launched his Overland Campaign against Lee in Virginia. Two days later, Sherman led three armies, the Army of the Tennessee, commanded by Major General James B. McPherson; the Army of the Ohio, commanded by Major General John M. Schofield; and the Army of the Cumberland, commanded by Major General George H. Thomas, out of Tennessee in pursuit of Johnston's army in northern Georgia.

Throughout the summer of 1864, the Confederate and Union armies engaged in a series of battles between Dalton and Atlanta in northern Georgia. Most of the fighting occurred at places on or near the Western and Atlantic Railroad, which connected Chattanooga and Atlanta. Both sides depended on the railway for supplies throughout the campaign. In a pattern that was often repeated, Sherman employed flanking movements that threatened the railway to Johnston's rear, forcing the Confederate commander to retreat south in order to protect his supply lines.

Following the Union defeat at the Battle of New Hope Church, the Confederate and Federal forces in the vicinity of Dallas, Georgia entrenched;on May 26. On May 28, Rebel forces led by Lieutenant General William J. Hardee, tested the Union lines, probing for weaknesses. The Federals repulsed Hardee's advances, inflicting high casualties. Thereafter, the situation continued as a stalemate until Sherman's cavalry took possession of Allatoona Pass on June 1. On June 5, Sherman abandoned his lines near Dallas, and marched his army back to the railroad at Allatoona Pass, forcing Johnston to follow.

Ohio units that participated in the Battle of Dallas included:

Infantry units:

1st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

2nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
5th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
6th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

7th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
13th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
15th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

19th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
20th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

27th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
29th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
30th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

33rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
32nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
37th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

39th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
40th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
41st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

43rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
45th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
47th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

49th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
50th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
51st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

52nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
53rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
54th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

55th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
57th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
59th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

61st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
63rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
64th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

66th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
68th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
70th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

71st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
73rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
74th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

76th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
78th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
79th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

81st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
82nd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
90th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

93rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
94th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
97th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

98th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
99th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
100th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

101st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
103rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
104th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

108th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
111th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
113th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

118th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
121st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry
124th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

125th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Artillery units:

Battery A, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Regiment

Battery D, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Regiment
Battery I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery Regiment
3rd Ohio Artillery Battery

4th Ohio Light Artillery Battery
6th Ohio Light Artillery Battery
10th Ohio Light Artillery Battery

14th Ohio Light Artillery Battery
15th Ohio Light Artillery Battery
19th Ohio Light Artillery Battery

Cavalry units:

1st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
3rd Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

4th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry
10th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Cavalry

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