The U.S after the Atlanta campaign
"War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over." -Sherman describing the cruelty of war.
The fire was unable to be controlled and it burned the city of Atlanta down into ruins. Sherman then headed for Savannah, Georgia with 60,000 of his soldiers. Sherman hoped that his March to the Sea would scare the people of Georgia and persuade them to abandon the Confederate cause. The capture of Atlanta also raised Lincoln’s re-election chances along with the Shenandoah Valley Union victory. The city of Atlanta recovered quickly after the war and became the capital of Georgia in 1877. Also after the war, Sherman became the commander in chief of the U.S. Army in 1869. Although reduced to ashes, today Atlanta has risen to become a powerful part of the United States.