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Setting- Its now two weeks before the election, the odds are against president Lincoln, he fears he will lose. The war has not been going good for him he lost 3 of the most recent battles and the Union has sustained a heavy amount of loses, the public have been turning away from lincoln for his radical policies. The only hope he has of winning rests on the shoulders of
General William T Sherman and his army.
Shermans objective is to capture Georgia, he first has to defeat General
Joseph E Johnston and his southern army.
Sherman is currently marching his army through the chattanooga otherwise known as the gateway to the south, if Sherman can capture this he has a good chance of defeating Johnstons army.
Sherman captured the Gateway

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