Question

Make a timeline of the six major battles you researched in your scavenger hunt, adding September 1864 when Sherman took Atlanta and December 1864 when Sherman took Savannah.

Answer 1

September 1, 1864- Battle of Jones borough, Georgia. The final southern counterattack against Union troops outside the city of Atlanta fails.

September 1, 1864- Fall of Atlanta, Georgia. Confederate troops under General Hood evacuate the city of Atlanta. General Sherman's army occupies the city and its defenses the following day