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American Civil War: Atlanta Campaign
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scorched-earth policy during the Atlanta Campaign effects of the Atlanta Campaign View of Atlanta, Georgia; photograph by George Barnard.On September 1, 1864, Union General William Sherman took Atlanta with small losses. Atlanta was a small city but an important railhead and supply center for the South; beyond its military importance, its capture assured Lincolns reelection. In November Sherman left Atlanta, now little more than a smoking ruin, and began his three-hundred-mile march to Savannah, destroying all possible military resources in his path. Confederate fort on Peach Tree Street in Atlanta, Georgia American Civil War destruction American Civil War: western and Carolina campaigns
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Learn about the significance and outcome of the Atlanta Campaign
Learn about the Atlanta Campaign (May 7–September 2, 1864), led by Union General...
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American Civil War: Atlanta Campaign
The Atlanta Campaign, waged by the Union against the Confederacy from May to September...
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scorched-earth policy during the Atlanta Campaign
Fires blazing while Union soldiers destroy railroad tracks in Atlanta, Georgia, during...
Prints and Photographs Division/Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital file no. LC-DIG-ppmsca-09326)
effects of the Atlanta Campaign
Remains of the railroad depot in Atlanta in 1866, years after the Atlanta Campaign...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (reproduction no. LC-DIG-ppmsca-18960)
View of Atlanta, Georgia; photograph by George...
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Confederate fort on Peach Tree Street in Atlanta, Georgia
View from a Confederate fort on Peach Tree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, looking south,...
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (NAID: 533414)
American Civil War destruction
Destruction of a rolling mill and a Confederate ordnance train on the Georgia Central...
National Archives, Washington, D.C. (NAID: 533417)
American Civil War: western and Carolina campaigns
The main area of the western and Carolina campaigns, 1861–65.
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