Atlanta campaign
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The Atlanta campaign was a series of battles fought in the western theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. Union Major Gen
Union Major-General William Sherman and his staff on July 18, 1864, on the lines before Atlanta, Georgia.
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman
Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas
Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson
Joseph E. Johnston
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Joseph Eggleston Johnston was an American military officer and politician who served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War and in the Seminole Wars. After Virginia declared secessi
Atlanta campaign
…Major General William T. Sherman invaded Georgia from the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee, beginning in May 1864, opposed by the Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston. Johnston's Army of Tennessee withdrew toward Atlanta in the face of successive flanking maneuvers by Sherman's group of armies. In July, the Confederate…
Johnston in uniform, c. 1862
Portrait by Benjamin Franklin Reinhart (c. 1860)
Johnston lived on this lot during his time in Savannah. He was visited by General Robert E. Lee.
Robert E. Lee and Joseph E. Johnston in 1869–1870