The Battle Of Atlanta
The battle of Atlanta happened on July 22, 1864 during the civil war. The battle was led by General Sherman T. Sherman from the union forces. The purpose of this battle was to force the states that had seceded from the union to unite again. One of these states was Georgia, which to this day has Atlanta as its capital. During this battle the loses we're very heavy on both sides but mainly for the south. In the end the union won and Atlanta was destroyed.
Maykelin Lopez
The battle of Atlanta was followed by the Battle of Peachtree Creek. The key generals in this battle were General William T. Sherman of the Union and General John Bell Hood of the South. General Hood was determined to attack Major General James B. McPherson’s Army of Tennessee. So Hood withdrew his main army at night from Atlanta’s outer line to the inner line, hoping Sherman would follow. In the meantime, Hood sent William J. Hardee with his men on a fifteen-mile march to attack the unprotected Union left and rear. Wheeler’s cavalry was to cut off Sherman's supply line and General Frank Cheatham’s troops were to attack the Union front. Hood, however, miscalculated the time necessary to make the march, and Hardee was unable to attack until afternoon. Although Hood had avoided Sherman for the time being, McPherson was concerned about his left flank and sent his reserves to the location. Two of Hood’s divisions ran into this reserve force and were stopped in their tracks. The Rebel attack stalled on the Union rear but began to roll up the left flank. At about the same time, a Confederate soldier shot and killed McPherson when he rode out to observe the fighting. The South kept fighting but the Union held their ground. About 4:00 pm, Cheatham’s troops broke through the Union front but Sherman had twenty artillery pieces near his headquarters to shoot the Confederates and stop them in their tracks. Major General John A. Logan’ s troops then led a counterattack that restored the Union line. The Union troops held and Hood had many casualties.
Julian Welborn
General Sherman and some of his soldiers went to Savannah, Georgia. They went there to frighten the people of Georgia so they could think twice before they made another bad decision such as when they decided to leave the union. As they marched through Georgia they were stealing food and livestock from the citizens there. General Shermans' soldiers also destroyed and burned down the homes of many people in Georgia. They burned the houses of the people that tried to fight them back. Sherman and his soldiers left Savannah and pillaged, they burned their way through Carolina.
Jaquille G.
At the end of the war, the south did not succeed. Every strategy they tried did not help them overcome the union. The south failed due to a variety of reasons, some of them being uncordinated attacks and they had virtually no firepower. The union's attacks and strategies were unexpected also led to the down fall of the south. In the end the south was ultimately destroyed in Sherman's "March to the Sea."
Destiny Curry
Works cited:
"The Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864." The Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2012. http://ngeorgia.com/history/battleofatlanta.html.
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