Pickett's_Mill_BL3

**Pickett's Mill **
by: Lauren Pironis



===1. The names of the battle were Pickett's Mill, New Hope, New Hope Church. === === 2. The battle of Pickett's Mill took place on May 27, 1864. === ===<span style="color: rgb(40, 44, 87);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 3. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The battle of Pickett's Mill occurred in Paulding County, Georgia. === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">    === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);">     === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">    === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">4. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">The leader of the Confederate Army was Major General Patrick R. Cleburne, and the leader of the Union army was Major General Oliver Otis Howard. === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">    === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">   ===

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===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 5. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> There were 10,000 Confederate Soldiers and 15,000 Union Soldiers that fought in the battle of Pickett's Mill. Some of the troops there were the Union State's IV Corps and the Confede <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">rate State <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">'s Clebune Division and Brigade and General John H. Kelly Birgade. Most of the dead soldiers were buried where they died, and then later moved. === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">   <span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);">   === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 6. On the morning of May 27, 1864 Confederate and Union armies arrived at Malachi Pickett's mill. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Howard was trying to get past the Confederate Army and get his army closer to Atlanta. A higher General, Sherman, ordered Howard to attack the confederates before they found out where they were at the time, and try and retrieve more soldiers. Unfortunately, the Confederate Army was prepared for their arrival. Later, he orders Howard to attack the left flank, but Howard decides to wait and see how the Confederate Army's was doing, and then he changed the plans. However this wasn't a good idea because the Union army was severely fired at when they went up the path that wasn't ordered. === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> Also, the Union Army's supporting troops never showed up, and without them it w <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">as impossible to put up a strong defense which caused high casualties. Throughout the 4 hour long battle, Pickett's mill became known as "the hell hole". The battle was so harsh that it the percentage killed was the highest in Atlanta, during the Civil War. As soon as the attack was made, General Howard knew it was a mistake because he was going up against one of the best Generals in the Confederate army. Nearly twenty-five thousand men fought on the territory and 2,100 died in battle. === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 7. Some of the major moves in the battle were when Howard decided to change the direction in which t <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">he Union army attacked and when the confederate army suspected the attack. Both of them lowered the Unions chances at winning. === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 8. In the end, the Confederate army wins the battle of Pickett's Mill. === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 9. There was a total of 2,100 causalities, the Union has 1,600 and the Confederate had 500. <span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);">  === ===<span style="color: rgb(34, 48, 79);"><span style="color: rgb(61, 88, 107);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 71, 71);"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"> 10. This battle helped the confederate army get closer to winning but considering that it as only 4 hours long it didn't have a very strong impact, because in the end the Confederate won the battle, but the Union won the war. ===

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