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Dallas,
A city in Georgia, where, during the Atlanta campaign, Sherman's advance under General Hooker was temporarily checked, May 25, 1864. Three days later Hardee attacked McPherson on the right, with great loss.
The Confederates retired June 6.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Sheridan , Philip Henry 1831 -1888 (search)
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Springfield, battle of
Military movements at the North, in 1780, exhibited scarcely any offensive operations, yet there were some stirring events occurring occasionally.
There was a British invasion of New Jersey.
On June 6 (before the arrival of General Clinton from Charleston), General Knyphausen despatched
Plan of the battle of Springfield. General Matthews from Staten Island, with about 5,000 men, to penetrate New Jersey.
They took possession of Elizabethtown (June 7), and burned Connecticut Farms (then a hamlet, and afterwards the village of Union), on the road from Elizabethtown to Springfield.
When the invaders arrived at the latter place, they met detachments which had come down from Washington's camp at Morristown, and by them were driven back to the coast, where they remained a fortnight, until the arrival of Clinton from the South, who, with additional troops, joined Matthews (June 22). The British then attempted to draw Washington into a general battle or to ca
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