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Sherman And The Atlanta Campaign

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The Atlanta Campaign is the name by historians to the military operations that took place in north Georgia during the Civil War. In the early May 1864, Federal forces under Maj. Gen William T. Sherman began battling the Confederate Army of Tennessee for possession of north Georgia. Sherman had 110,000 men and 254 cannon in three armies concentrated near Chattanooga. Sherman also enjoyed clear numerical superiority, but he did not
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