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Shermans assault into Georgia was one of the most important actions of the Civil War as it sealed the downfall of the South by destroying its productive capacity and ensuring Lincolns reelection in 1864.
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First published in the United States of America in 1991 by Combined Books, Inc.
For information, address: Combined Books, Inc. 151 East 10th Avenue Conshohocken, PA 19428
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available
ISBN 0-938289-05-5
Printed in Hong Kong.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Art Yao, Tanjam Narasimhan, Carol Breedlove, Teresa Cannan and Francesca Cannan for their help on this project. Thanks also must be extended to Lizbeth Nauta whose incredible talent has strengthened this and so many other works produced or published by Combined Books. Other assistance with the Atlanta Campaign was rendered by Vince Perkins, Fan Fei Wan, Heidi Kidon, Colleen Brophy and Tom Maguire. Special mention must go to Susanna Spiers for her superlative wisdom, generosity and extraordinary magnanimity. Finally, I owe a special debt of gratitude to Gretchen Nielsen and Lizbeth Jablonski whose unparalleled scholarship, kindness and friendship provided untold inspiration for this volume.
Special thanks to the United States Army Historical Institute for allowing us to reproduce valuable photographs from their extensive collection.
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Contents
Introduction
6
Chapter I: Johnston Takes Command
9
Chapter II: Building An Offensive
17
Chapter III: Rocky Face Ridge
33
Chapter IV: Resaca
43
Chapter V: Trap at Cassville
53
Chapter VI: Hell Hole
61
Chapter VII: Before the Three Mountain Line
75
Chapter VIII: Kennesaw Mountain
87
Chapter IX: To the Chattahoochee
101
Chapter X: Peachtree Creek
111
Chapter XI: The Battle of Atlanta
119
Chapter XII: Ezra Church
131
Chapter XIII: Utoy Creek to Jonesboro
141
Chapter XIV: "Atlanta is Ours and Fairly Won.
161
Bibliography
175
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Introduction
Built in the mid-1800s, the Western & Atlantic Railroad wound its way southwest from Chattanooga, over the rugged terrain of north Georgia, southeast through sleepy towns, and across the pleasant brown waters of rolling rivers towards its destination, Atlanta, Georgia. By 1864, the Western & Atlantic had lost its idyllic charm and had become the highway of invasion for a Federal army led by a grim warrior, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman. Sherman's offensive into Georgia against the Army of Tennessee was played out for almost three months on the 120 miles of the railroad between Chattanooga and Atlanta, at places such as Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain and Atlanta itself. Sherman later wrote of the line, "Every foot of it should be sacred ground, because it was moistened by patriotic blood." This long and sanguinary contest fought throughout northern and central Georgia became known as the Atlanta campaign.
When Sherman left East Tennessee to embark on his onslaught into Georgia, Atlanta was not the stated objective of the Federal general. Instead, his directives from his commander, Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, called for the destruction of General Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee and the ruination of Confederate resources used to supply the Rebel armies in the field. However, Atlanta's importance to both armies made the city a target for Federal planners and an object of defense by Confederate strategists.
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