What if Atlanta falls earlier? Would the victory help secure Lincoln's victory in 1864? How would Sherman go about getting them to surrender?
What if Atlanta falls earlier? Would the victory help secure Lincoln's victory in 1864?
Considering how close the election ended up being, it wouldn't surprise me if this is enough for Lincoln to win re-election TTL.
It would certainly have sped up the fall of the Confederacy. Sherman did manage to defeat the rebels, but with Atlanta fallen and a more aggresive president in office, we could have seen a Union victory early than 1866.
OOC: And that's pushing plausibility. There was no way Sherman would have actually given up the war, not if he valued his career.