Estimated casualties: 1,505: Union: 706, Confederates 799.
Principal Commanders: Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French
[CS]
Brig. Gen. John M. Corse [US)
When, after the evacuation of Atlanta, the Confederates crossed the
Chattahoochee and destroyed the railroad, Corse was ordered from Rome to the
relief of Allatoona, where an infantry division of the enemy threatened large
commissary supplies, guarded by 890 men, under Col. Tourtellotte. General Corse
arrived with 1,054 troops before the Confederates; but when the latter came up,
being greatly superior in numbers, they closely surrounded the position. To the
summons of the Confederate general, French, to surrender and avoid a needless
effusion of blood, General Corse returned a defiant answer. The Confederates,
numbering 4,000 or 5,000, attacked the fortifications furiously, 5 October,
1864, but were repeatedly driven back.
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