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Two different images at left of Atlanta following Union Army General Sherman's defeat of Confederate forces. Considering the North's advantages by this point in the war (1864), was it necessary to destroy much of the city?

Historians note that he didn't want to leave supplies for the South. While others note that the city's defeat and destruction broke the will of the South.

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