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The Battle of Atlanta took place during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia.Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply hub of Atlanta, Union forces commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman overwhelmed and defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John Bell Hood.
The Atlanta campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864.
The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War.The most significant frontal assault launched by Union Major General William T. Sherman against the Confederate Army of Tennessee under General Joseph E. Johnston, it produced a tactical defeat for the Union forces but failed to deliver the result that the Confederacy desperately ...
Battle of Atlanta: Georgia: B: Union (Atlanta Campaign) Sherman turns back Hood's attack east of Atlanta. July 24, 1864: Second Battle of Kernstown: Virginia: B: Confederate: Jubal Early defeats Union forces. July 27 –29, 1864: First Battle of Deep Bottom: Virginia: C: Confederate: Union forces besieged Confederate positions, but the ...
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Despite his early fears of defeat, Lincoln won strong majorities in the popular and electoral vote, partly as a result of the recent Union victory at the Battle of Atlanta. [4] As the Civil War was still raging, no electoral votes were counted from any of the eleven southern states that had joined the Confederate States of America. [2]
NASCAR fans were treated to an all-time finish as Daniel Suarez won his second NASCAR Cup Series race by a margin of 0.003 seconds over second place and 0.007 over third.
With just weeks to go before the first Democratic presidential primary votes are cast, viewers may have been surprised by the action on stage last night.