After the successful defense at New Hope Church by Hood’s Corps [CS] on May 25, 1864, Johnston [CS] extended his right northeast to keep pace with the Federal leftward shift to outflank him. Elements of the 4th, 14th and 23rd Corps under Maj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard [US], with over 18,000 men, passed this point seeking the extreme right of the Confederate army. The Federal forces attacked a point where the Army of Tennessee’s line bent back to the south. The brigades of Hazen, Gibson and Scribner blundered into a deep ravine one-half mile east of here to attack the Confederates under Maj. Gen. Patrick Cleburne. The brigades were defeated one after another in the heavily wooded ravine, where they were fired upon from three directions. The Confederates were the clear victors of the five-hour battle, and the victory delayed Sherman’s [US] Atlanta Campaign by a few days.