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Atlanta fell on September 2nd 1864, and the March to the Sea began in mid-November, ending just before Christmas, when they regained contact with Washington via the U.S. Navy (because the wires had been cut), and Sherman sent a joke-telegram offering Lincoln the city of Savannah as a Christmas present.

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What is Sherman's destructive advance from atlanta to Savannah called?

The March to the Sea


What were important events in the fall of Atlanta in the US Civil War?

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.


Which Southern city did William Tecumseh Sherman burn to the ground?

Sherman burned down Atlanta before starting his March to the Sea.


Which union generals task was to capture Atlanta a major confederate Railroad Center?

Atlanta was captured by William T. Sherman - but it was not actually his task to do so. Sherman was told to forget about capturing territory and simply destroy the Army of Tenessee, wherever he found it. When that army escaped from Atlanta, Sherman was not confident of being able to pursue and destroy it in difficult mountain terrain while his supply-line was so vulnerable. Instead, he decided to occupy (and largely destroy) Atlanta, before embarking on his March to the Sea, where he could live off the land and forget his supply-line.


Who the march to the sea wiping out everything from Atlanta to Savannah?

Union General William T. Sherman