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Battle of Atlanta

noun

A siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864. Synonym: Atlanta.

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... was military governor, he rose to the rank of major-general of volunteers; in November 1863 he succeeded Sherman in command of the XV. Army Corps; and after the death of McPherson he was in command of the Army of the Tennessee at the battle of Atlanta. When the war closed, Logan resumed his political career as a Republican, and was a member of the National House of Representatives from 1867 to 1871, and of the United States Senate from 1871 until 1877 and again from 1879 until his death, which took place at Washington, D.C., on the ...

— The Great Conspiracy, Complete • John Alexander Logan

Words linked to "Battle of Atlanta" : siege, Atlanta, American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States, beleaguering, military blockade, besieging, capital of Georgia