USA HISTORY

The Union effort to capture Atlanta, Georgia was known as the ____

(A) March to the Sea

(B) ** Atlanta Campaign

(C) Burning of Atlanta

(D) Sherman’s Total War

Concept note-1: -Atlanta Campaign, in the American Civil War, an important series of battles in Georgia (May–September 1864) that eventually cut off a main Confederate supply centre and influenced the Federal presidential election of 1864.

Concept note-2: -Because of its location and commercial importance, Atlanta was used as a center for military operations and as a supply route by the Confederate army during the Civil War. Therefore, it also became a target for the Union army. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his troops captured the city in 1864.

Concept note-3: -William T. Sherman began battling the Confederate Army of Tennessee. At stake was Atlanta, major manufacturing center and railroad hub. Sherman had 110, 000 men in three armies around Chattanooga.

Concept note-4: -Sherman captured Atlanta on September 2, 1864, and occupied the city until mid-November.