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title: "Why was Atlanta significant to the Union and whose leadership led to its seizure by the Union? What was the effect of his march to Savannah?"  
description: "Why was Atlanta significant to the Union and whose leadership led to its seizure by the Union? What was the effect of his march to Savannah?"  
author: "martina johnson"  
published: 2018-04-04  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40740/why-was-atlanta-significant-to-the-union-and-whose-leadership-led-to-its-seizure-by-the-union-what-was-the-effect-of-his-march-to-savannah  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history", "populism and middle america"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why was Atlanta significant to the Union and whose leadership led to its seizure by the Union? What was the effect of his march to Savannah?

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