article: Atlanta Campaign
links: Jefferson Davis Army of the Potomac General Robert E. Lee Command (military) Confederate States of America William T. Sherman General officer American Civil War Army of Northern Virginia Army of Tennessee Union Army Atlanta President of the United States Joseph E. Johnston Ulysses S. Grant Sherman's March to the Sea Abraham Lincoln Union (American Civil War) Jonesboro, Georgia Confederate Army James B. McPherson Capital city Casualty (person) Withdrawal (military) Richmond Major general