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Battle of Dalton
Part of the American Civil War
Date October 13, 1864 Location Whitfield County, Georgia Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Lewis Johnson	John Bell Hood
Strength
	Hood's Army
Casualties and losses
over 600 captured	"very light"

The Third Battle of Dalton was fought October 13, 1864,

On the 13th one corps of Hood's army appeared in front of Dalton, and a summons to surrender, signed by Hood in person, was sent in to Colonel Johnson, Forty-fourth U. S. Colored Troops, commanding the garrison. Colonel Johnson, being convinced of the uselessness of con- tending against so overwhelming a force of the enemy, and knowing [reinforcements could not come in time to help], complied with the demand.

In late September following the fall of Atlanta, CS General John Bell Hood headed north, striking the Federals' supply line, the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and the small garrisons that guarded it.

On October 15 US General Schofield barely escaped by rail before the Confederates surrounded the town. CS Major General William B. Bate's soldiers captured the garrison, 751 men of the U. S. 44th Colored Infantry

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commanded by US Colonel Lewis Johnson. They paroled the officers and returned some of the African American soldiers to slavery.

The two regiments skirmished, but the 44th was surrounded by Hood and outnumbered, so their commanders surrendered. no quarter. The blacks were immediately separated from the whites, stripped of shoes and uniforms and made to serve as slaves. they were emancipated soon after. African Americans of Chattanooga: A History of Unsung Heroes By Rita L. Hubbard Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: The History Press (December 17, 2007) Language: English ISBN-10: 1596293152 ISBN-13: 978-1596293151 p. 56-7

war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records 39(1)717-21, 801.

p 175 Approximately 600 black soldiers, along with some whites, surrendered. On Nov. 15th, Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and second Bishop of Tennessee, saw a number of the blacks in Artesia (12 miles fro Columbus) I saw a number of Negroes captured at Dalton — some in the most distressing condition — evidently dying. ... States Colored Infantry were surrendered to Hood at Dalton on October 13, 1864, along with miscellaneous white troops. Doctor Quintard, Chaplain C.S.A. and Second Bishop of Tennessee: The Memoir and Civil War Diary of Charles Todd Quintard by C. T. Quintard and Sam Davis Elliott (Jul 2003)

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press (July 2003) Language: English ISBN-10: 0807128465 ISBN-13: 978-0807128466

As near as I can come at the numbers, the force was as

follows: First, Forty-fourth U. S. Colored Infantry, about 600 enlisted men, 26 commissioned officers; second, Company F, Fifty-seventh Illi- nois Volunteers, about 50 enlisted men, 2 commissioned officers; third, Company B, Seventh Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, about 50 enlisted men, 3 commissioned officers; fourth, one section Twentieth Ohio Bat- tery, about 20 enlisted men; total, 751 men. Total number of muskets

in command, 650.

<ref>The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies 39(1)p. 720 No. 72. Reports of Col. Lewis Johnson, Forty-fourth U. S. Colored Infantry, commanding post of Dalton, GA. CHATTANOOGA, TENN., October 17, 1864.<ref>