XXIV Corps - Union Army - was created in 1864.
U.S. Grant
For the 1864 Union campaign, only General Sherman's army was given the explicit goal of cutting Southern rail links. He was to wage a conventional march on Atlanta, and from there cut as many Rebel railway links as possible. Later in 1864, Sherman's plans would be altered.
Union General had an army of 100,000 troops on May 7, 1864 as he prepared for his drive to capture Atlanta, Georgia.
Burnside led the Union troops.
The main goal of the Union army in the east was to not be defeated by the Confederacy. This was the main goal of the entire Union Army from 1861 to 1864.
XXIV Corps - Union Army - was created in 1864.
Grant
Ulysses Grant
U.S. Grant
Ulysses Grant was appointed Commander-in-Chief of all Union forces in March 1864 by his predecessor Halleck, who agreed to stay on as Chief of Staff. Grant ordered Sherman to destroy Joe Johnston's Army of Tennessee, which was slowly retreating towards Atlanta, while he himself remained with the Army of the Potomac, in an uneasy partnership with the army's own commander, Gordon Meade.
On March 9, 1864.
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Yes. He was appointed General-in-Chief of all the Union armies in March 1864.
The Capture of Atlanta by Sherman's Union Army on November 2, 1864. It was the end of an offensive campaign which started on May 45, 1864.
Ulysses S. Grant
The Capture of Atlanta by Sherman's Union Army on November 2, 1864. It was the end of an offensive campaign which started on May 45, 1864.