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it was a major railway center.
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Petersburg became a target for Union forces because it was an important railway and highway center 25 miles south of Richmond. This city provided supplies and communications for Richmond. To capture it took a siege of 10 months. Why, with all the resources the Union had, could such a long siege not end months sooner, is a question most historians have no answer for.
General Grant saw Confederate Fort Fisher as a key target for the Union. He believed that by taking control of this fort, Union troops from there could assist General Sherman's invasion of the Carolinas.
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No, the Soviet Union did not target the Jews. It was the Nazis that murdered about 6 million Jews ...
The European Union has a good target of a 40% cut by 2030 compared with 1990 emissions.
Atlanta was a major Confederate city. It was a railway hub for supplies and transportation of soldiers. It there was a target of the Union. A battle for Atlanta would be costly and there was the possibility that the Union would need to use the tactic of siege to finally force a surrender of the city. There were battles between the North and South on the way to Atlanta. Union General Sherman believed that after these battles, Southern forces would retreat into Atlanta. This never happened and therefore no long siege was needed. Southern military forces had evacuated Atlanta and Sherman marched in with no opposition in late September 1864.
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Yes, Grant was a member/ However, the organization was found in late 1871 and did not amount to much when Grant was President. Its goal when founded was to teach people how to hit a target with a rifle. It supposedly took 4000 shots for a union soldier to hit a target.
Port Royal was a valuable asset for the Union navy because it had a deep water harbor and the navy also needed a coaling station there to power its steam driven blockade ships. The Confederate forts guarding the port were out gunned by the Union warships and all was lost when they ran out of ammunition.