this "pyrrhic" victory prevented Forrest form being in Tennessee to cut the supply lines of Union General Sherman's army that captured and burned Atlanta on their "March to the Sea
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hundreds of thousands more followed in a mass exodus from slavery that would destroy the system once and for all
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Abe & Fido 5th Mass this "pyrrhic" victory prevented Forrestby Matthew Algeo In early 1861, as he prepared to leave his home in Springfield, Illinois, to move into the White House, Abraham Lincoln faced many momentous tasks, but none he dreaded more than telling his two youngest sons, Willie and Tad, that the familys beloved pet dog, Fido, would not be accompanying them to Washington. Lincoln was afraid the skittish dog couldnt endure the long rail journey, so he decided to leave the mutt behind with friends