Battle of Noonday Creek

Battle of Noonday Creek
Part of the American Civil War
Date June 10, 1864-July 3, 1864 Location Cobb County, Georgia Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
William T. Sherman Kenner Garrard	Joseph Wheeler
Strength
5 Brigades	4,500[1]

The Battle of Noonday Creek was a series of combat events in the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War that took place between June 10 and July 3 of 1864.^[2]

General Garrard was ordered by General Sherman to interpose between General Joseph Wheeler's cavalry and detached infantry at Noonday Creek, which was just a few miles from Sherman's headquarters at Big Shanty. When, after a week, Garrard failed to do so, two brigades of infantry and three brigades of cavalry with artillery support were advanced against the Confederate positions on June 9. Two charges failed, and the Union Army retired from the field. However, Wheeler's cavalry was moved to a position between Bell's Ferry and Canton Road.^[3]

On June 10, the 15th regiment Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry pushed the enemy across Noonday Creek after heavy fighting.^[4]

On June 15, a division of Union Cavalry attacked and was repelled. On June 17, the Federals pushed Wheeler down Bell's Ferry Road, where he retired to Doctor Robert McAffee's house. On June 19, the Union Army attacked but was driven off with heavy losses.^[5]

On June 23, Colonel Eli Long, USA, crossed Noonday Creek with his brigade. He was attacked at that time, and repelled the attackers.^[6]

The 4th Michigan Cavalry was attacked by 4,500 of Wheeler's cavalry at Latimar's Mill on Noonday Creek.

Since the Civil War

Despite land development since the 1980s in the area near Town Center at Cobb, the McAfee house (and a historical marker at the street) is still located on Bells Ferry Road, on the northwest corner of what is now the intersection with Barrett Parkway (west) and Piedmont Road (east). (34°00′51″N 84°32′56″W / 34.0141°N 84.5488°W)

Units

Union Army

• 103rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
• 40th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
• 6th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
• 46th Ohio Infantry
• 97th Regiment Indiana Infantry
• 4th Michigan Cavalry
• 15th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Confederate Army

• Kentucky 15th Cavalry Regiment
• Confederate 1st Cavalry Regiment
• 5th Georgia Cavalry
• Company I, 37th. Alabama Regiment

Notes

1. "The Civil War in Michigan - 4th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry Regiment". Eastern Digital Resources. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
2. The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union
3. Cracker cavaliers: the 2nd Georgia cavalry under Wheeler and Forrest
4. Fifteenth Regiment Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry
5. Cracker cavaliers: the 2nd Georgia cavalry under Wheeler and Forrest
6. History of the First Regiment, Ohio Volunteers

Coordinates: 33°56′N 84°35′W / 33.94°N 84.58°W For the casualties at the Battle of Noonday Creek: http://saportareport.com/noonday-creek-trail-nearing-completion-in-northern-cobb-county/