When Sherman heard the noise of this bat tle he was with Thomas, who, with Schofield, had reached and was destroying the road from Rough and Ready southward. Thomas and Schofield were marched to the assistance of Howard, and Kilpatrick was sent down the western bank of the Flint to strike the road south of Jonesboro. Davis' Fourteenth corps joined Howard's left at noon of 1 September, relieving Blair, who was disposed to support Kilpatrick. Lee's corps had gone, but Hardee's was still in position and entrenched, covering Jonesboro on the north. At 4 P.M. Davis charged Hardee's works and, after a hard fight, carried parts of them, capturing General Govan and the greater part of his brigade and two batteries of four guns each. Stanley and Scho field reached the field too late to take part in the engagement. During the night Hardee retreated to Lovejoy's Station, and next morning Sherman started in pursuit. The Union loss 1 September was 223 killed, 946 wounded and 105 missing. The Confederate loss is not fully known ; of the three divisions engaged Cleburne's sustained a loss of 55 killed, 197 wounded and 659 missing.
There is no return of losses in the other two divisions.
The result of the battle of Jonesboro was the fall of Atlanta. Six hours before Hood heard of the result of Hardee's attack 31 August, he sent an order to Lee to return in the direction of Atlanta, to make a movement on Sherman's flank or to cover the evacuation of the city. Lee received the order at midnight, and was halted next morning about six miles from At lanta. Meanwhile Hood had heard of the result
of Hardee's attack; its "failure necessitated the evacuation of Atlanta.?' Lee was ordered to join Hardee, which he did on the 2d, and at 5 P.M. of the 1st Hood marched out of the city with Stewart's corps on the McDonough road; the Georgia militia was sent to Covington, and at night the rear-guard blew up some abandoned ammunition trains. Slocum's Twentieth corps entered the city on the morning of the 2d. Sherman received the news on the 4th, and, turning his back on the Confederates at Love joy's, marched his army to East Point and Atlanta.
The campaign for Atlanta, which began 6 May 1864, was marked by brilliant flanking movements on both sides, by almost uninter rupted skirmishing, growing at times to the dimensions. of a battle, and by many heavy engagements, most of them of a desperate char acter. The Union losses in the entire campaign were 4,423 killed, 22,822 wounded and 4,442 missing, a grand aggregate of 31,687. The Con federate losses were 3,044 killed and 18,952 wounded. Add to this the number of prisoners captured, 12,938, makes a grand aggregate of 34,979. Consult