Meaning | battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston. |
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Instance of | pitched battle | A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place |
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Part of | American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States | civil war in the United States between the North and the South |
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Region | Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA, Ga. | A state in southeastern United States |
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