Atlanta 1864

Sherman marches South

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Description

Union Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman's telegraph--"Atlanta is ours, and fairly won"--had a huge impact on the course of the Civil War. The culmination of a four-month campaign in the Western Theater, it propelled Abraham Lincoln to reelection.

Atlanta marked the beginning of the final Confederate struggle for survival. Union forces under Sherman lined up against Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee. The superior Union numbers forced the Confederates into a series of delaying actions from entrenched positions. When John Bell 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 its principal granary and manufacturing districts.

Sherman was left to embark on his famous March to the Sea.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Chronology

Opposing commanders
Opposing armies
Opposing plans
The campaign
Aftermath
The battlefield today

Further reading
Index

Product details

Published Feb 16 2016
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472811530
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 70 b/w; 12 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 290
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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James Donnell

James Donnell has been fascinated with the Civil W…

Illustrator

Steve Noon

Steve Noon was born in Kent, UK, and attended art…

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