The Atlanta and Petersburg campaigns cannot be comprehended without reference to one another.
By the end of Grant's second offensive at Petersburg in late June 1864, he informed Sherman that Sherman need worry no longer that the Confederates would shift troops from Georgia to Virginia.
At the end of July, Lincoln withstood pressure to withdraw troops from Petersburg or Atlanta to protect northern towns from the fiery destruction inflicted on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
On August 14, Grant launched his fourth offensive at Petersburg. Lee stopped shifting troops to northern Virginia in his attempt to raise the siege of Petersburg by threatening Washington and indeed recalled Hampton and Butler's cavalry division.
Grant's August 14 thrust also put an end to whatever possibility existed that Jefferson Davis might order troops from Virginia to Georgia in a repeat of the previous fall's concentration on the field of Chickamauga. Davis does not appear to have entertained any such notion.
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By the end of Grant's second offensive at Petersburg in late June 1864, he informed Sherman that Sherman need worry no longer that the Confederates would shift troops from Georgia to Virginia.
At the end of July, Lincoln withstood pressure to withdraw troops from Petersburg or Atlanta to protect northern towns from the fiery destruction inflicted on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
On August 14, Grant launched his fourth offensive at Petersburg. Lee stopped shifting troops to northern Virginia in his attempt to raise the siege of Petersburg by threatening Washington and indeed recalled Hampton and Butler's cavalry division.
Grant's August 14 thrust also put an end to whatever possibility existed that Jefferson Davis might order troops from Virginia to Georgia in a repeat of the previous fall's concentration on the field of Chickamauga. Davis does not appear to have entertained any such notion.
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