In may of 1864 general grant ordered general sherman to march his army out of chattanooga into Georgia.
General William Rosecrans
In July 1861, Sherman commanded a brigade at the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas). In April 1862, Sherman commanded a division which played a valiant and crucial role in the Battle of Shiloh. In Grant's Army of the Tennessee in 1862-63, Sherman also commanded forces in most of Grant's engagements including the Vicksburg campaign and the two captures of Jackson. General Grant recommended Sherman for promotion to brigadier-general of the regular army out of respect for his consistently faithful performance. Sherman replaced Grant in the taking of Chattanooga and Knoxville, the Meridian campaign, the Atlanta campaign, the famous "March to the Sea" (Savannah campaign), and the Carolinas campaign.
Atlanta. This was not meant to be his objective. Grant had simply told him to destroy the Army of Tennessee, but he had not managed to achieve this. Meanwhile it was election year, and Lincoln needed some victories in a hurry. So Sherman took Atlanta, and the North felt a bit less war-weary.
General Lee surrendered at appomattox
Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Meade, Hooker, Burnside are the best known. There were many generals since various state militias would elect a general.
Georgia
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It was end of the war in Tennessee, and it confirmed Grant's eligibility as future General-in-Chief.
They were General Braxton Bragg, Major General William Rosecrans, Major General Ulysses S. Grant, Major General George Thomas, and Major General William T. Sherman.
General Ulysses S. Grant saved the Union army at Chattanooga. General Grant immediately released General William S. Rosecrans from his duties upon arrival at Chattanooga and replaced him with General George H. Thomas.
Union - Grant, Sherman, Thomas Confederate - Bragg
Sherman
During the Battle of Jackson in 1863, General Ulysses S. Grant ordered General William Tecumseh Sherman to launch a diversionary attack against the Confederate forces defending the city. Grant aimed to distract the enemy and hinder their ability to reinforce their positions, ultimately facilitating a Union victory. Sherman’s forces engaged in aggressive maneuvers, contributing to the overall strategy of weakening Confederate defenses in the region.
Rosecrans, later joined by Grant
General William T. Sherman urged the new lieutenant general, US Grant to avoid going to Washington DC and to command troops in Virginia. Sherman was concerned about the political situation in the Union's capital, and how that could influence Grant's military plans.Sherman believed that Grant could command the Union armies from the West, where Sherman believed was the key to victory. From Grant's comfort zone in the West he would be able to successfully march into Charleston and Richmond as well. Most importantly was the political advice he gave to Grant. He reminded Grant that as general in chief, that as far as he was concerned, Grant was the true legitimate successor of George Washington. Any defeats that Grant might suffer would cast doubt on Grant's abilities. Sherman believed that Grant had to preserve his prestige and let him strike from the West Chattanooga.
Grant ordered Sheridan to destroy the farms in the Shenandoah. Then Sherman settled on a campaign of destruction across Georgia and South Carolina, to starve the Confederates into surrender. This strategy had the effect of ending the war quicker than assaulting the armies.
After the liberation of the Mississippi, Grant was ordered East, to rescue the Army of the Cumberland from starvation at Chattanooga.