Monday, February 25, 2013

A Few More Battles...

Chickamauga
The battle of Chickamauga was fought from September 6-8, 1863, in what is now Walker county, Georgia.
 Walker County
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_County,_Georgia

In the battle of Chickamauga, the Union was led by General Rosecrans and the Confederacy by Generals Bragg and Longstreet. While the Confederates won the battle, there were more Confederate casualties than Union casualties. 

Union Blockade of Georgia's Coast 
The Union Blockade of the Coast took place from April 19, 1861, through 1865. The purpose was to block imports of needed resources and materials in order to prevent the South from thriving. The blockade was pretty successful. Although the Union did not block off all of the coast, it did block off enough to deprive the South of most imported resources. 

Map of the Union Blockade
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_blockade

The Atlanta Campaign
The Atlanta Campaign was a series of military operations and battles that took place in North Georgia during the Civil War. The Campaign involved a strategy called  the winning-by-not-losing strategy. If this strategy were to work for the Confederacy, they needed time. If the Generals of the Union would just hold off fighting until November 1865, the Northerners might have elected a Democrat to office, and he might have ended the war. This did not happen, however, and most of the battles in the campaign were won by the Union. 

Sherman's March to The Sea
Sherman's March to the Sea began with the capture and burning of Atlanta and ended with the capturing of the port of Savannah. The March last from November 15 to December 21, 1864.  Because the port of Savannah was captured right before Christmas, General Sherman telegraphed Lincoln after the capturing and said it was Lincoln's Christmas present.

Map of Sherman's March
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea

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