Georgia in the American Civil War | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-05

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Georgia in the American Civil War


00:01:17 1 Secession
00:04:47 2 Home front
00:05:36 2.1 Unionism
00:07:43 2.2 Food shortages
00:09:01 2.3 Deserter and layout gangs
00:10:25 2.4 Debate over the use of slaves as soldiers
00:12:46 3 Battles in Georgia
00:13:50 3.1 List of battles fought in Georgia
00:14:00 4 The Atlanta Campaign
00:14:48 5 Sherman's March to the Sea
00:17:03 6 Last battles
00:17:40 7 Re-entry to the Union
00:18:15 8 Civil War sites in Georgia
00:19:19 9 See also
00:19:35 10 References and notes
00:19:44 11 Further reading
00:19:53 11.1 Primary sources
00:20:02 12 External links



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Georgia was one of the original seven slave states that formed the Confederate States of America in February 1861, triggering the U.S. Civil War. The state governor, Democrat Joseph E. Brown, wanted locally raised troops to be used only for the defence of Georgia, in defiance of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, who wanted to deploy them on other battlefronts. When the Union blockade prevented Georgia from exporting its plentiful cotton in exchange for key imports, Brown ordered farmers to grow food instead, but the breakdown of transport systems led to desperate shortages.
There was not much fighting in Georgia until September 1863, when Confederates under Braxton Bragg defeated William S. Rosecrans at Chickamauga Creek. In May 1864, William T. Sherman started pursuing the Confederates towards Atlanta, which he captured in September, in advance of his March to the Sea. This six-week campaign destroyed much of the civilian infrastructure of Georgia, decisively shortening the war. When news of the march reached Robert E. Lee's army in Virginia, whole Georgian regiments deserted, feeling they were needed at home.  The Battle of Columbus, fought on the Georgia-Alabama border on April 16, 1865, is reckoned by some criteria to have been the last battle of the war.