American Civil War: The <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Army" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate Army">Confederate Army</a> General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bell_Hood" id="mwpw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="John Bell Hood">John Bell Hood</a> orders the evacuation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta" id="mwqA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Atlanta">Atlanta</a>, ending a four-month <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege" id="mwqQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Siege">siege</a> by General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman" id="mwqg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="William Tecumseh Sherman">William Tecumseh Sherman</a>.