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The Atlanta Campaign Home Page William T. Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, OH and died after a very sucessful military carreer with the United States in New York City on February 14, 1891. Sherman was a participant in many battles all throughout the Amerian Civil War, including Shiloh, Vicksburg, and of course, the Atlanta Campaign and his famous "March To The Sea". Sherman was one of the Union's best generals throughout the war. General Sherman's March to the Sea began when his army left the already captured city of Atlanta on their way to capture the coastal city of Savannah, GA, an important port to the Confederate Army.

James McPherson was second in command for the Union during the Atlanta Campaign and was very sucessful with the Union up until his death at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864. McPherson was the highest ranking officer from the Union in the entire war.

George H. Thomas was