sep 2, 1864 - William Tecumseh Sherman takes Atlanta

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Background:
-Altanta= railway hub at heart of the COnfederacy
-Confederate general Johnson stood in Sherman's way.
-June 1864- losses to Union at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia.
-July-Union on outskirts of Atlanta
-august- little union movement

during: Atlanta falls. Sherman pulled troops from tenches, had them sweep the city and destroy its rail links to the south. Confederate General Hood fled out of fear of being circled.

result: northern celebration, southern pessimism. McClellan repudiates the Democratic peace platform and Dems docus on the alleged dangers of emancipation

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