Atlanta Campaign/Sherman's March to the Sea

Who was the Confederate General during the Atlanta Campaign? (Slide 43)

• William Sherman

• Joseph Johnston

• Braxton Bragg

• William Rosecrans

During the Atlanta Campaign, did the Union or the Confederacy have more troops? (Slide 43)

• Union

• Confederacy

Was the Atlanta Campaign one large battle or several small battles leading to Atlanta? (Slide 43)

• Several small battles leading to Atlanta

• One large battle

Why did the South begin to have to retreat southward during the Atlanta Campaign? (Slide 43)

• They were trying to lure the Union soldiers deeper into the South.

• They were running short on men and ammunition.

• The South was retreating to divert the Union forces into two parts to make them weaker.

• The South was hoping to trick Union forces.

Why did Johnston and the Confederate soldiers burn bridges and block roads as they retreated during the Atlanta Campaign? (Slide 43)

• They did this to form walls to attack from.

• They did this to slow down Sherman and the advancing Union forces.

• They did this to form a blockade around the Union forces.

• The South burned bridges because they did not have any wood for cooking fires.

What did Sherman and the Union forces do to the city of Atlanta?

• They occupied the city and made it the center of Union command in the South.

• They kept it intact because it contained $28 Million dollars worth of cotton.

• They used the city as a prison for Southern prisoners of war.

• They burned the city down.

What was Sherman's March to the Sea?

• The Union march from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico

• When the Confederates were forced to march from Georgia to Oklahoma as a punishment for causing the Civil War.

• The Union army's 300-mile march from the city of Atlanta to Savannah.

• The Confederate army's 300-mile retreat from the city of Atlanta to Savannah.