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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LfliWhPX-Y

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Union Casualties: 3,722
Confederate Casualties: 5,500
Total Casualties: 9,222
10% of General Hood’s army was killed
Most historians cite this battle as the beginning of the end for the confederacy
Without McPherson Sherman wouldn’t have reinforced his left flank and would’ve most likely lost.

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William T. Sherman
James B. McPherson

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The Union would eventually push through and win the battle by capturing Atlanta despite one of the lead generals of the Union, James B. McPherson, being killed. The confederates had almost 2,000 more casualties than the Union which is another huge factor in determining the victor in this battle.

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John Bell Hood
William J. Hardee

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https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Atlanta#ref343543
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Atlanta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LfliWhPX-Y

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Atlanta served as a railroad terminus, supply depot, and manufacturing hub making it a major place of importance that the confederate states could not afford to lose. If Atlanta fell, Union leadership hoped that it would bring the already bloody war to a swift end. The confederates made 2 rings of defense with slaves, fortifying their territory with canons as well. They had 18,000 soldiers that in the early morning would flank the Union army and attack the weak rear, making a major change in the flow of the battle. The confederates would fail to realize though that it was a trap to lure them in, turning the tides once again making this battle more of a massacre.

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Cut off confederates supply line and surround Richmond from the north and the south.

Cut off and destroy the Georgia Railroad and enter Atlanta from the east. Sherman forced his troops to cover his left flank. General McPherson organized his troops in a L shape with the vertical arm running north-south and the horizontal arm running east-west. He also placed a cannon on bald hill and fortified his line with trenches. The union also fortified their position on top of a hill so the confederates had to fight a literal uphill battle. This eventually won the day as the confederates eventually realized that it was futile to try and make it up the hill and even if they were to succeed the amount of casualties they suffered wouldn’t have been worth it.