Battle of Brown's Mill

This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (May 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Battle of Brown's Mill
Part of the American Civil War
Date July 30, 1864 (1864-07-30) Location Coweta County, Georgia Result Confederate victory
Belligerents
United States (Union)	CSA (Confederacy)
Commanders and leaders
Edward M. McCook	Joseph Wheeler
Units involved
First Cavalry Division Army of the Cumberland	Cavalry Corps Army of Tennessee
Casualties and losses
1,250	50

The Battle of Brown's Mill was fought July 30, 1864, in Coweta County, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. Edward M. McCook's Union cavalry, on a daring raid to sever communications and supply lines in south-central Georgia, was defeated near Newnan, Georgia, by Confederate forces under Joseph Wheeler. The failure of McCook's column and a concurrent ill-fated raid by George Stoneman forced William T. Sherman to lay siege to the city of Atlanta.