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New Orleans. Nashville. Chattanooga. Atlanta. Mobile. Columbia SC. Richmond VA.
The major ones were: Shiloh - Grant caught off-guard, but recovered Antietam - unexpected Union win, enabled by pure chance Vicksburg - ended the war in the West Gettysburg - ended Lee's hopes of invading the North Chattanooga - Grant broke a desperate Confederate siege Atlanta - largely helped Lincoln win re-election Mobile - blockade-runners' port closed to the Confederates Nashville - a Confederate army totally routed Petersburg - end of a 10-month siege, leaving Richmond undefended
The important events of the fall of Atlanta can be summarized as the following: * the capture of Atlanta gave Lincoln a much better chance of being reelected in the 1864 presidential race; * With Atlanta in the hands of General Sherman, he was able to cut various railway links to other parts of the South; * the city of Atlanta was deemed by its citizens as a "safe" place in terms of battles, its capture was a psychological blow to the South; and * with Atlanta in the hands of Union general Sherman, he was able to create a strategy for "marching to the sea" and capturing the seaport of Savannah Georgia.
About 8 and a half hours from Richmond, Virginia to Atlanta.
Atlanta to DC, 640 miles Charlotte to Richmond, 290 miles
Punitive raids on the civilian mainstay of the Confederacy.
the Souths railroads and resources.
Richmond - Hanover - Staunton. Richmond - Petersburg - Burkeville - Lynchburg. Richmond - Petersburg - Wilmington - Charleston - Savannah. Richmond - Burkeville - Danville - Columbia - Augusta - Atlanta.
About 8 1/2 hours
9 hours
Richmond, Virginia
Narnia.
Atlanta, Georgia was not a capital of the Confederate States of America.
About 530 miles
Confederacy Theory - 2001 was released on: USA: 13 June 2001 (Atlanta Film and Video Festival)