What battle has the hottest temperature?

[major bill]

With a heat wave covering much of the nation, it made me wonder what battle had the highest temperatures?

 

[gunny]

I don't know of any thermometers at the battle, but the Battle of Atlanta was absolutely brutal being fought on a stuffy, hot July 22, 1864. If you've ever been there in July, you know how oppressive it can be. The Confederates lost a large number of men while marching to the Union flank that early morning. I would think this fight would be in the top three if not number one.

 

[AlexPensFan86]

I seem to remember reading that weather during the Port Hudson campaign/siege was fairly brutal.

 

[Belfoured]

Cedar Mountain was in the 90's IIRC. Not sure anything in the ACW beats Monmouth, however. The temperature on June 28, 1777 was around 100F.

 

[bayouace]

I seem to remember reading that weather during the Port Hudson campaign/siege was fairly brutal.

I know not the temperature at Port Hudson on June 14, 1863, the day of the second assault (in wool uniforms), but it has been in the 90's the past week 4 miles from PH with heat indexes 100+ the past few days.

 

[Jamieva]

Cedar mountain was upper 90s I believe

 

[USS ALASKA]

The Battle of the Wilderness...of course, the battlefield was on fire...

"It's 68 degrees at the Airport, which is stupid because no one lives at the Airport. Downtown it's much hotter. Downtown's on fire, man." George Carlin as the Hippy Dippy Weather Man

Cheers,
USS ALASKA

 

[Sheltowee]

Maybe final days of Vicksburg campaign? Just guessing….

 

[Belfoured]

The Battle of the Wilderness...of course, the battlefield was on fire...

"It's 68 degrees at the Airport, which is stupid because no one lives at the Airport. Downtown it's much hotter. Downtown's on fire, man." George Carlin as the Hippy Dippy Weather Man

Cheers,
USS ALASKA

Speaking of airports, Carlin's the guy who asked "If they don't want people to be afraid of flying, why do they call it a "terminal?""

 

[huskerblitz]

I just finished Jim Woodrick's Siege of Jackson book. In it, he cites a couple of soldiers that mention the temp being well over 100, including one who mentions a temp of 115. Either way, the heat played a major role in that siege, including deaths of soldiers and horses due to heat. And that's not to mention the dust from the constant marching and the lack of water to drink.

In a related aside, my 4x great uncle (noted below) cites in his pension file that he suffered sunstroke on the march to Jackson.

 

[jepridgen]

Sam Watkins mentions unseasonably hot weather (even for Georgia) at Kennesaw MTN during the fighting at the Dead Angle. I'm sure he didn't have a chance to hunt up a thermometer, but he references triple digits or thereabouts. Made the Federal dead ripen quickly and caused the truce a couple of days later from the sheer misery of having to deal with the smell.

 

[mofederal]

The Atlanta Campaign was especially hard on Federal soldiers. Heatstroke claimed many men, My great-great grandfather was felled by heatstroke during the campaign, he recovered and participated in the March to the Sea. He also acquired something called granulated eyes, and he told my mom that the heat caused it. I am not sure on this, but it was what he told her, I know he had trouble with heat the rest of his life. It affected his ability to farm.