USA HISTORY

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865

SHERMANS MARCH TO THE SEA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the Confederate General during the Atlanta Campaign? (Slide 43)
A
William Sherman
B
Joseph Johnston
C
Braxton Bragg
D
William Rosecrans
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Joseph E. Johnston (1807-1891) was a U.S. military officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65). A veteran of the Mexican-American War (1846-48), Johnston entered the Civil War as one of the South’s senior officers and was appointed a full general.

Detailed explanation-2: -Union Major Generals William Tecumseh Sherman and James B. McPherson successfully defended against a Confederate offensive from Lieut. Gen. John Bell Hood on the eastern outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia.

Detailed explanation-3: -Confederate Earthworks From such fortifications as this earthwork in front of Atlanta, Confederate general John B. Hood defended the city from Sherman’s attack. Sherman bombarded the city for five weeks, but Hood did not order an evacuation of Atlanta until all rail lines leading into the city had been destroyed.

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