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You forgot the alternatives:
A.) Sherman gained a needed victory in Atlanta and marched from there to the sea, destroying everything in his path.
B.) Sherman secured Atlanta and most of Georgia with a degree of diplomacy that was unpopular with Southerners.
C.) Sherman's victory in Atlanta was achieved with very little loss of life, but I have destroyed many homes.
D.) Sherman's march through Atlanta gave Northern forces time to regroup. -
The southerners were not happy with General Sherman because he had won a major battle, driving back the Confederate army. He conquested Atlanta.
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