Sherman takes Atlanta
1864 · Event
'Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.' Sherman's capture of the Confederacy's rail hub, after a summer of stalemate everywhere else, transforms Northern morale eight weeks before the election — arguably saving Lincoln's presidency and with it the war's purpose.
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