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Noun: battle of Atlanta
  1. A siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864
    - Atlanta

Type of: beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege

Part of: American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States

Encyclopedia: Battle of Atlanta