Back Slaget ved Atlanta Danish Battle of Atlanta English نبرد آتلانتا Persian Atlantan taistelu Finnish Bataille d'Atlanta French Battaglia di Atlanta Italian アトランタの戦い Japanese അറ്റ്ലാന്റാ യുദ്ധം Malayalam Slag bij Atlanta Dutch Bitwa pod Atlantą Polish
The Battle of Atlanta, chromolithograph by Kurz & Allison
The Battle of Atlanta (22 July 1864) was a major battle of the American Civil War. The battle was part of the Atlanta Campaign directed by Union Army general William Tecumseh Sherman. The city of Atlanta was a major supply center, railroad hub and symbol of the Confederate States of America. Its loss proved to be a major blow to the Confederacy and led to the end of the Civil war.