History of the United States I / Unit 15 USH1 2158 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Sherman Takes Atlanta
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The idea
The losses under Grant hurt northern morale badly and many northerners questioned the war, until the navy took Mobile Bay in August eighteen sixty-four.
In practice
Sherman advancing from Tennessee into Georgia against Joseph E. Johnston.
Where people slip
Davis replaced Johnston with John B. Hood, whose daring but failed direct attack lost Atlanta on September second, of tremendous significance to a war-weary Union.
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