The capture of Atlanta turned the war in the north’s favor and because of this Lincoln won the popular vote and 221 to 21 in the electoral college.
In the 1877 presidential election Rutherford H. made a deal with southern democrats so that he could become president.
Rutherford Hayes promised to remove the last troops from the south and put an end to Reconstruction in the states of South Carolina, Florida, and Louisiana.
In November, Henry Knox suggested to George Washington that they drag 59 cannons, captured at Fort Ticonderoga the previous spring, over 300 miles to Boston to bolster its defenses and drive the British out. Washington agreed and sent Knox to Fort Ticonderoga to oversee the expedition.
