Atlanta Campaign New Hope Church May 25-June 4, 1864

National Historic Site

Atlanta Campaign

New Hope Church

May 25-June 4, 1864.

Here, at the New Hope Church, Confederate and Federal Armies engaged in a desperate battle as the former blocked the way to Atlanta, key industrial center of the Confederacy.

Sherman again outflanked the Confederates and the two armies moved to renew the struggle at Kennesaw Mountain.

National Park Service

United States

Department of the Interior.