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How many soldiers did William Tecumseh Sherman command at the start of the Atlanta Campaign?
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William Tecumseh Sherman
General William T. Sherman in uniform and wearing a mourning ribbon for President Lincoln, photograph by Brady's National Photographic Portrait Galleries, 1865.
At the start of the Atlanta Campaign in May 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman commanded 110,123 soldiers.1
These forces were organized into three combined armies: the Army of the Cumberland, the Army of the Tennessee, and the Army of the Ohio.2