The Atlanta Campaing started on May 7 and ended September 2, 1864. Atlanta Campaign was a series of minor battles all occuring around Atlanta and in the end practiacly destroyed Atlanta. Next was Sherman's March to the Sea and that was lead by the Union General William Tecumseh Sherman on November 15 to December 21, 1864. The march began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured and destroyed city of Atlanta and marching on foot all the way to Savannah while detroying everything in sight. The objective was to scare the Confederates in to quitting. Along the way Sherman's troops allowed former slaves to join in the march and as they passed through town to town they constantly stole to survive.
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