Atlanta 1864 Donnell James
Atlanta 1864 Donnell James Union Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman's telegraph: "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won" had a huge impact on the course of the American Civil War. Atlanta marked the…
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Atlanta 1864 Donnell James
Union Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman's telegraph: "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won" had a huge impact on the course of the American Civil War. Atlanta marked the beginning of the final Confederate struggle for survival. The culmination of a four-month campaign in the Western Theater, it propelled Abraham Lincoln to reelection.
Johnston's Army of Tennessee. Union forces under Sherman lined up against Joseph E. The superior Union numbers forced the Confederates into a series of delaying actions from entrenched positions.
When Hood replaced Johnston the Confederates launched increasingly attacking campaigns, but were finally forced to give up the city as the Union troops smashed their supply lines, denying the Confederacy their principal granary and manufacturing districts. Sherman was left to embark on his famous March to the Sea.