Individual #battle_of_Atlanta__Atlanta  Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying Atlanta and burned the city; 1864
  instance of:  siege
  part of:  American_Civil_War__War_between_the_States  US history: civil war between the North and the South; 1861-1865
     part of:  USA__United_States_of_America__United_States__America__US__U.S.__U.S.A.  North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
        part of:  North_America  a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
           part of:  northern_hemisphere  the hemisphere north of the equator
           part of:  western_hemisphere__westernhemisphere__occident__New_World  the hemisphere that includes North and South America
           part of:  the_Americas__America  North and South America
  part of:  Atlanta__capital_of_Georgia  state capital and largest city of Georgia; plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War
     part of:  Georgia__Empire_State_of_the_South__Peach_State__GA  a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War
        part of:  USA__United_States_of_America__United_States__America__US__U.S.__U.S.A.  North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

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