By this time, Major-General William T. Sherman’s Federals had wrecked the South Carolina Railroad, cutting the connection between the Confederate garrisons at Augusta and Charleston.
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The Battle of Peachtree Creek
New Confederate commander John Bell Hood crafts a plan to prevent William T. Sherman’s Federals from approaching Atlanta, which involves attacking one of Sherman’s three armies while keeping the other two at bay.
The Army of Tennessee: Resentment Toward Bragg
President Jefferson Davis learns that the top commanders in the Confederate Army of Tennessee no longer have confidence in Braxton Bragg as their leader.