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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the taking of Atlanta and subsequent march to the sea during America’s Civil War. The Civil War is discussed in general as well. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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part of the war was what is now known as Shermans march through Georgia. On September 1, 1864, General William Sherman took troops through Georgia, and then took Atlanta. Yet,
before delving into the details of the march on Atlanta and the subsequent march to the sea, it is important to remember that it was a part of a much
larger war. In many ways, the American Civil War was Americas first complete war and for the Union itself, the political objectives were unlimited (Drew & Snow, 1990).
It was a war unlike other wars. Here, no compromise could be accepted and militarily, the Confederacy itself had to be crushed and forced back into the Union fold (1990).
It was as simple as that and perhaps because of the mentality that the Union just had to win, it did. That mentality might have just been the impetus to
get General Sherman through Georgia with continual victories. At the same time, it seemed as if Confederate political objectives were also unlimited in that they wanted independence (Drew et al,
1990). Yet, its military objectives were limited as they actually sought only to repel Union forces and keep its independence (1990). In other words, the Confederates were simply on
the defense. Still, from these objectives flowed the strategy on each side (1990). It was an exciting, risky war and no one truly knew who would win until it began.
For the Union, an annihilation strategy was needed as they would have to dismantle Confederate armies and overthrow their government in order to achieve their primary objective (Drew
et al, 1990). Confederate strategy, on the other hand, remained largely that of attrition, as they were not trying to destroy the Union but only wanted to defend the
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