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Hood and the Confederates were simply trying to keep Sherman out, and save their city.

Sherman was trying to give the North a psychological boost by capturing a big, symbolic prize in the shape of Atlanta. This would compensate for his failure to destroy Hood's army, which managed to escape after the city fell.

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