Civil War: Atlanta 1864

Ngo-May 1864 amabutho amathathu e-Union aqoqwe nguGeneral Sherman ukuze ahambe eGeorgia. Ibutho Lezempi laseCumberland lalingumyalo omkhulu kaMajor General George H. Thomas. Ibutho Lezempi laseTennessee lalingeyesibili ngobukhulu eyalwa nguMajor General James B. McPherson. UMajor General John M. Schofield wayala iButho lase-Ohio okwakuyibutho elincane kunawo wonke amabutho ayehlangene.

Ubhekene noSherman kwakunguJenene uJoseph E. Johnston kanye neButho lakhe laseTennessee elalidlulwe ngo-2 kuya ku-1 kodwa amabutho asuka e-Mississippi, Mobile kanye nogu lwe-Atlantic ayesendleleni yokuzokhukhumala. I-Rocky Face Ridge eduze kwaseDalton, eGeorgia kwaba yisithiyo sokuqala esikhulu sikaSherman. Okulandelayo kwaba uMfula i-Etowah. NgoJuni 18 uJohnston wayesethathe isikhundla sakhe esiqine kakhulu e-Kennesaw Mountain Line.

Ekuqaleni kukaJulayi uSherman wayesedudule uJohnston wabuyela enyakatho yeGeorgia kwathi igoli elilandelayo kwaba yi-Atlanta. Ukucekela phansi izitimela kanye nokuthumba amafekthri azungeze idolobha kuzonikeza umfutho wezepolitiki kuMongameli u-Abraham Lincoln futhi kukhinyabeze umzamo wempi yaseningizimu.

I-Atlanta 1864 iqukethe:

- Umkhankaso we-7 'Tutorial' wemishini, odlalwa njengeNyunyana.
- Umkhankaso we-4 'Rebel Yell' wemishini. Imicimbi ebalulekile kusukela ngoMeyi 9 - Meyi 15.

Imikhankaso engeziwe etholakalayo ongayithenga ngaphakathi kwegeyimu:

- Imikhankaso emi-5 ye-‘Bayonets and Shells’. Imicimbi ebalulekile kusukela ngoMeyi 27 - Juni 20.
- Umkhankaso we-6 we-'Yankee Hurrah'. Imicimbi ebalulekile kusukela ngoJuni 20 kuya kuJulayi 21.
- Umkhankaso we-6 'The Battle of Atlanta' Campaign. Imicimbi ebalulekile evela empini yase-Atlanta.

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