battle of atlanta

Noun
  1. A siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it;
    1864 (synset 101272126)
    domain region: atlanta, capital of georgia - state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War
    is an instance of: beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege - the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
    is a part of: american civil war, united states civil war, war between the states - civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
    same as: atlanta

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