USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865

END OF THE CIVIL WAR

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which general led the Union campaign to capture Atlanta?

A	Ulysses S. Grant
B	George B. McClellan
C	William Tecumseh Sherman
D	Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Grant (1822-85), at the battles of Shiloh (1862), Vicksburg (1863) and Chattanooga (1863). In the spring of 1864, Sherman became supreme commander of the armies in the West and was ordered by Grant to take the city of Atlanta, then a key military supply center and railroad hub for the Confederates.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Sherman intended to advance on Atlanta, Georgia, from his station in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Detailed explanation-4: -On November 15, 1864, U.S. forces led by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burned nearly all of the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia.

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