The Battle of Jonesborough (modern name Jonesboro) is fought August 31 – September 1, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War.

Two Union armies led by Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman maneuver to draw the Army of Tennessee (led by John Bell Hood) away from their defenses at Atlanta, Georgia, where it can be destroyed.Although Hood's army is not destroyed, the city of Atlanta is abandoned and then occupied by Union troops for the rest of the war.

The fall of Atlanta also has far-reaching political as well as military effects on the course of the war.