The Battle of Atlanta took place during the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rai
Confederate works southeast of Atlanta
Major General William T. Sherman, USA
General John B. Hood, CSA
Palisades and chevaux de frise in front of the Potter (or Pondor) House, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864
James Birdseye McPherson was a career United States Army officer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. McPherson was on the general staff of Henry Halleck and later
Portrait c. 1863 by Mathew Brady
McPherson's house in Clyde
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