18) The MOST LIKELY reason General William T. Sherman wanted to control the rail lines running through Atlanta, Georgia, during his "Atlanta Campaign" was because he wanted to A) prevent residents of the city from fleeing to the North. B) cut off the flow of supplies to the Confederate army. C) use the rail lines to quickly transport his troops. D) extend the rail lines into the northern states.

The correct answer is B. The most likely  reason General William T. Sherman wanted to control the rail lines running through Atlanta, Georgia, during his "Atlanta Campaign" was because he wanted to cut off the flow of supplies to the Confederate army.

Explanation:

The Atlanta campaign was a series of battles in the western theater of the Civil War that took place in Georgia in mid-1864, with the final result of the final fall of Atlanta and the acceleration of the end of the Civil War.

Atlanta was an intermediate point through which all the supply routes of the Confederacy passed: both those that went to Florida, as well as those that went to the Carolinas, as well as those that turned towards Texas, must necessarily pass through this city. For this reason, the control of this geographical point would import for the Union the total cut of the supply of the Confederation.

written by alan ward and published in 2003. ward is a historian and was a professor at the university of connecticut.

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