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The Fall of Atlanta


Atlanta Battle Facts and Summary | American Battlefield Trust

Gen. John B. Hood on July 18. Within days, Hood launched two attacks on Sherman—one at Peach Tree Creek on July 20 and the other along the Georgia Railroad ( ...

Battle of Atlanta - Wikipedia

Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply hub of Atlanta, Union forces commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman overwhelmed and ...

Battle of Atlanta (July 1864) | Facts, Significance, & Casualties

The Battle of Atlanta was fought on July 22, 1864, during the American Civil War. Union Major Generals William Tecumseh Sherman and James B. McPherson ...

The Fall of Atlanta - The Battle of Franklin Trust

All eyes turned west to Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and his Army of Tennessee as they attempted to defend Atlanta, Georgia, from ever encroaching US ...

The Atlanta Campaign of 1864: The Camera at War | National Archives

The impact of the fall of Atlanta was instrumental in the eventual victory for the Federal forces. It boosted morale in the North and ...

Atlanta Campaign - New Georgia Encyclopedia

The Battle of Atlanta, on July 22, resulted in the Confederates' greatest success of the campaign, with approximately 3,600 casualties (including McPherson) ...

Battle Of Atlanta - HistoryNet

The Battle of Atlanta was fought on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the ...

Atlanta in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

Fall of Atlanta (September 1–2, 1864).

Fall of Atlanta - Encyclopedia Virginia

Official Union photographer George N. Barnard went to the city shortly after Sherman had conquered it, and then followed the general on his subsequent march to ...

Battle of Atlanta - Today In Georgia History

General William Sherman and his army were set to take Atlanta in July, 1864. General Joseph Johnston's Confederate army had fought them ...

The Atlanta Campaign, 1864: Peach Tree Creek to the Fall of the City

A fully illustrated narrative of the Atlanta campaign complete with maps, illustrations, and diagrams.

Battle of Atlanta

Founded just 23 years earlier and located in the backcountry environs of North Georgia, Atlanta was closer to a frontier town than a bustling city.

The Battles for Atlanta - Georgia Historical Society

The fall of Atlanta on Sept. 2, 1864, assured the re-election of Abraham Lincoln and the final defeat of the Confederacy. Erected for the Civil War 150 ...

Who Won the Battle of Atlanta? - TheCollector

The Battle of Atlanta was a major victory for the Union, thanks to both its strategic benefits and its high publicity in Northern newspapers.

The Fall of Atlanta. - The New York Times

Indeed, the Sebastopol of Georgia has fallen, and with this splendid achievement one-half of the great campaign of the Summer is finished, and the seal of ...

The Battle of Atlanta: History and Remembrance - Southern Spaces

This extensive essay combines a narrative of battlefield events, photographs, postcard views, images from the Atlanta cyclorama, original maps, and other ...

Confederate forces abandon Atlanta | September 1, 1864 | HISTORY

On September 1, 1864, as Union Army General William Tecumseh Sherman tightened the noose on Atlanta, Georgia, shelling civilians and cutting off supply lines.

Atlanta Campaign (1864) | Civil War, Significance, & Overview

Atlanta Campaign, an important series of battles in Georgia that occurred May–September 1864 between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.

Part 4: Victory and defeat - Battle of Atlanta

The fall of Atlanta was a crushing blow to the morale of white Southerners, and all the more to Georgians who had staked everything on the Confederacy.

July 22 - University Press of Kansas

Also known as the Battle of Atlanta, this was the largest engagement of the four-month-long Atlanta Campaign for control of the city and the region.