Atlanta Campaign

The Atlanta Campaign was a series of battles fought throughout northeast Georgia and the area around Atlanta, Georgia, during the summer of 1864, leading to the eventual fall of Atlanta and hastening the end of the American Civil War.

Aftermath

Sherman was victorious and Hood established a reputation as the most recklessly aggressive general in the Confederate Army. Sherman's victory was tainted because it did not fulfill the original mission of the campaign—destroy the Army of Tennessee—and Sherman has been criticized for allowing his opponent to escape. However, the capture of Atlanta made an enormous contribution to Northern morale and was the single most important factor in the re-election of President Abraham Lincoln.

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President - Abraham Lincoln

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The Atlanta Campaign was followed by initiatives in two directions: almost immediately, to the northwest, in the pursuit of Hood in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign; after the 1864 U.S. presidential election, to the east in Sherman's infamous March to the Sea.

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Franklin-Nashville Campaign - 1864 U.S. presidential election - March to the Sea

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