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Sherman's Atlanta Campaign concluded successfully on September 2, 1864, with the capture of the city, which Hood had been forced to abandon.
This success made Sherman a household name and helped ensure Lincoln's presidential re-election in November.
In August, the Democratic Party had nominated as its candidate George B. McClellan, the popular former Union army commander, and it had seemed likely that Lincoln would lose to McClellan.
Lincoln's defeat could well have meant the victory of the Confederacy, as the Democratic Party platform called for peace negotiations based on the acknowledgment of the Confederacy's independence.
Thus the capture of Atlanta, coming when it did, may have been Sherman's greatest contribution to the Union cause.

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