Sherman's success in Georgia received ample coverage in the Northern press at a time when Grant seemed to be making little progress in his fight against Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
Shermans succes i Georgia fik bred dækning i Nordstaternes aviser på et tidspunkt, hvor det lod til, at Grant havde svært ved at gøre fremskridt i sin kamp mod sydstatsgeneralen Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.