(A) ** Several small battles leading to Atlanta
(B) One large battle
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Concept note-1: -The Atlanta Campaign itself consisted of nine individual battles as well as nearly five months of unbroken skirmishes and small actions.
Concept note-2: -The Union victory in the largest battle of the Atlanta Campaign led to the capture of that critical Confederate city and opened the door for Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman’s most famous operation-the March to the Sea and the capture of Savannah.
Concept note-3: -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.