Atlanta 1864: Sherman marches South (Campaign, 290)

Atlanta Marked The Beginning Of The Final Confederate Struggle For Survival. Union Forces Under Major-general William Tecumseh 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. The Strategic Situation -- Chronology -- Opposing Plans -- Opposing Commanders -- Opposing Forces -- The Campaign -- Aftermath -- The Battlefield Today. James Donnell ; Illustrated By Steve Noon ; Series Editor Marcus Cowper. Includes Bibliographical References (page 94) And Index. 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. On September 3, 1864, Union Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman telegraphed the War Department in Washington, D.C., "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won." This book explores the entire Atlanta campaign, from Sherman's initial clashes with Joseph E. Johnston's army of Tennessee to the final Confederate resistance under General John Bell Hood.