290 ATLANTA 1864: Sherman Marches South

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On September 3, 1864, Union Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman telegraphed the War Department in Washington, DC, 'Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.' The capture of the heart of the south was the end of a fierce four-month campaign and caused jubilation throughout the North. More importantly for the Union cause, it propelled President Abraham Lincoln to reelection two months later.

This volume explores the entire Atlanta campaign, from Sherman's initial clashes with Joseph E. Johnston's army of Tennessee to the final Confederate resistance under General John Bell Hood. Includes the usual high-quality artwork and detailed maps, this study takes the reader from the border of Georgia and Tennessee to Atlanta, with Sherman preparing for his famous March to the Sea.