The Atlanta Campaign

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_operation
gptkbp:casualties Confederate: ~34,000
Union: ~37,000
gptkbp:category gptkb:1864_in_Georgia_(U.S._state)
gptkb:Battles_of_the_American_Civil_War
History of Atlanta
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Joseph_E._Johnston
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:John_Bell_Hood
gptkbp:Confederate_commander gptkb:Joseph_E._Johnston
gptkb:William_Tecumseh_Sherman
gptkb:John_Bell_Hood
gptkbp:Confederate_strength ~65,000
gptkbp:ConfederateArmy gptkb:Army_of_Tennessee
gptkbp:dateAtlantaCaptured September 2, 1864
gptkbp:endDate September 2, 1864
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea
gptkbp:goal capture Atlanta
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Atlanta Campaign
gptkbp:location gptkb:Georgia,_United_States
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Battle_of_Kennesaw_Mountain
gptkb:Battle_of_Atlanta
gptkb:Battle_of_Ezra_Church
gptkb:Battle_of_Peachtree_Creek
gptkb:Battle_of_Jonesborough
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Atlanta
gptkbp:notableEvent evacuation and burning of Atlanta
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Union_Army
gptkb:Confederate_Army
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Chattanooga_Campaign
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Siege_of_Atlanta
gptkb:Sherman's_March_to_the_Sea
gptkbp:result Union victory
gptkbp:significance boosted Abraham Lincoln's re-election
major Union victory
gptkbp:startDate May 7, 1864
gptkbp:Union_strength ~100,000
gptkbp:UnionArmy gptkb:Military_Division_of_the_Mississippi
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jacob_D._Cox
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7