Atlanta Campaign

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Union offensive military campaign

The Atlanta Campaign was a major Union offensive during the American Civil War in 1864, led by General William Tecumseh Sherman to capture the strategic city of Atlanta, Georgia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Battle of Atlanta	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Union offensive ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
campaignCommanderConfederate	John Bell Hood ⓘ Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ
campaignCommanderUnion	William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
cityCaptured	Atlanta ⓘ surface form: Atlanta, Georgia
commander	John Bell Hood ⓘ Joseph E. Johnston ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
confederateArmyComponent	Army of Tennessee ⓘ
conflictOf	American Civil War ⓘ
dateCaptureOfAtlanta	1864-09-02 ⓘ
destruction	Confederate military infrastructure in Atlanta ⓘ railroads around Atlanta ⓘ
endDate	1864-09-02 ⓘ
followedBy	Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ
forceTypeUnion	Military Division of the Mississippi ⓘ
location	Georgia ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
notableBattle	Atlanta Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Atlanta Battle of Ezra Church ⓘ Battle of Jonesborough ⓘ Battle of Kennesaw Mountain ⓘ Battle of New Hope Church ⓘ Battle of Peachtree Creek ⓘ Battle of Pickett’s Mill ⓘ Battle of Resaca ⓘ Battle of Rocky Face Ridge ⓘ
objective	capture of Atlanta ⓘ
partOf	Sherman’s March to the Sea ⓘ surface form: Sherman’s March to the Sea (precursor phase) Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
politicalImpact	boosted Northern morale ⓘ contributed to Abraham Lincoln’s reelection in 1864 ⓘ
precededBy	Chattanooga Campaign ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
startDate	1864-05-07 ⓘ
strategicImportance	industrial center ⓘ logistical center for the Confederacy ⓘ major railroad hub ⓘ
tacticsUsed	entrenchments ⓘ flanking maneuvers ⓘ siege operations ⓘ
theaterCommanderUnion	Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
unionArmyComponent	Army of the Cumberland ⓘ Army of the Ohio ⓘ Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
year	1864 ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western and Atlantic Railroad → associatedWithEvent → Atlanta Campaign ⓘ

Oliver Otis Howard → battle → Atlanta Campaign ⓘ

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman → describesEvent → Atlanta Campaign ⓘ

Chattanooga Campaign → followedBy → Atlanta Campaign ⓘ

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman → mainSubject → Atlanta Campaign ⓘ

Atlanta Campaign → notableBattle → Atlanta Campaign self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Atlanta

Grenville M. Dodge → notableBattle → Atlanta Campaign ⓘ

Union Army → notableCampaign → Atlanta Campaign ⓘ

William Tecumseh Sherman → notableFor → Atlanta Campaign ⓘ

Military Division of the Mississippi → oversawOperation → Atlanta Campaign ⓘ

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park → partOf → Atlanta Campaign ⓘ

Sherman’s March to the Sea → precededBy → Atlanta Campaign ⓘ