ᎯᎠ Confederacy ᎠᎾᏍᎬᏘ ᎤᎭ lacked ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎦᏟᏌᏅ commitment ᎤᏚᎳᏗ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ ᎠᏓᏠᎯᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᏓᏄᏩ . ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᎩᏒᎩ ᎢᏳᏩ ᎢᏳᏩᎪᏗ, ᏱᏂᎬᏛᎾ, ᎾᏍᎩᎾᎢ ᏗᏓᏘᏁᎯ ᏯᏛᎿ ᏥᏄᏍᏗ ᎠᎵᏍᎪᎸᏙᏗ, Sherman, ᎠᎴ Sheridan emerge; ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ ᎾᎯᏳᏃ, ᏗᏌᏊ ᎤᎾᎵᎪᎯ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏁᏓᏍᏗ ᏃᎵᏍᎬᎢ wavered, ᎠᎴ Lincoln ᎤᏓᏅᏖᏔᏅ ᎬᏩᏚᏫᏛ ᎠᏓᏲᎱᏎᎲ ᎯᎠ ᏗᏙᎩᏯᏛ 1864, until victories ᎭᏫᎾᏗᏢ ᎯᎠ Shenandoah ᎤᎨᏓᎵᏴ ᎠᎴ Atlanta ᎪᏢᏅᎯ ᎠᏓᏎᎪᎩᏍᏗ ᎢᎦᏰᎵᏍᏗ ᏄᏓᎷᎸᎾ.