✦ History

Atlanta campaign

May 7 – September 2, 1864 · North Georgia

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Union forces under William T. Sherman advanced from Tennessee into Georgia. They took Atlanta, which helped Lincoln win reelection.

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Union

United States
John Schofield military commander William Tecumseh Sherman military commander Joseph Hooker military commander James B. McPherson military commander

Confederacy

Confederate States of America
John Bell Hood military commander Joseph E. Johnston military commander Gustavus Woodson Smith military commander William J. Hardee military commander Stephen D. Lee military commander Joseph Wheeler military commander