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Coordinates: 33°58′30″N 84°45′32″W / 33.975°N 84.759°W / 33.975; -84.759

Battle of Pickett's Mill
Part of the American Civil War
DateMay 27, 1864 (1864-05-27)
LocationPaulding County, Georgia
Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States United States (Union) Confederate States of America CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Oliver O. Howard Patrick Cleburne
Units involved
IV Corps[1] Cleburne's Division
Kelly's Brigade
Strength
14,000 2 brigades
Casualties and losses
1,600 500

The Battle of Pickett's Mill was fought on May 27, 1864, in Paulding County, Georgia, during the American Civil War between Union and Confederate forces. Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman attempted an attack on the right flank of Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. After the Union defeat at New Hope Church, Sherman ordered Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard to attack Johnston's seemingly exposed right flank. The Confederates were ready for the attack, which did not unfold as planned because supporting troops never appeared. The Confederates repulsed the attack causing high casualties.[2][3]

Author Ambrose Bierce fought for the Union at Pickett's Mill as a topographical engineer under William Babcock Hazen. Bierce's short story "The Crime at Pickett's Mill" is about this battle.

The address of Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site is 4432 Mt. Tabor Church Rd, Dallas, Georgia 30157

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