They took plenty of things... like:
Your mom
Condoms
STDs
Sexual frustration
Porn
Bedding Supplies
(NEW RESPONDENT)
Their supply-line was the big issue. It was a single-track railroad all the way back to Nashville, with twenty-four viaducts that were always being blown up by Confederate cavalry.
Success at Atlanta gave Sherman an opportunity to live off the land in the rich Georgia farm country, and forget his supply-line.
Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg
On September 2, 1864, the City of Atlanta formally surrendered to the Union troops of General Sherman. Later, Sherman established his Southern headquarters there.
The union troops, were about 90,000 strong.
battle of shiloh
The Union
Sherman commanded the Union troops that captured Atlanta in September 1864.
The Union troops were advancing while the Rebel troops were retreating.
The Union won the battle
Atlanta would be taken over if the Union had lost.
ANSWER The battle of Fredericksburg
Union General had an army of 100,000 troops on May 7, 1864 as he prepared for his drive to capture Atlanta, Georgia.