Camp #1642 Sons of Confederate Veterans are honored to have author Brad
Butkovich discuss The Battle
of Pickett’s Mill.
On May 27, 1864, Union forces under the command
of William Tecumseh Sherman attacked Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston and
his men at Pickett’s Mill in Paulding County, Georgia. Following his defeat at New Hope Church,
Sherman ordered Major General Oliver Howard to attack Johnston’s flank, which
Sherman believed to be exposed. But the
Confederate soldiers were ready. What
ensued was a battle that cost 2,100 lives and a defeat that Sherman left
completely out of his memoirs.
