Jonesboro, Georgia
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Jonesboro is a city in and the county seat of Clayton County, Georgia, United States. The population was 4,235 in 2020.
Buildings in the Jonesboro Historic District
Battle of Jonesborough
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The Battle of Jonesborough was fought between Union Army forces led by William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate forces under William J. Hardee during the Atlanta campaign in the American Civil War. On
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…of Atlanta, cutting off the city and forcing the mayor of Atlanta to surrender at Marietta in early September 1864. The final fall of Atlanta in the Battle of Jonesborough ended up being a decisive point in the nation's history, propelling Abraham Lincoln to re-election two months later, and continuing the war until the…
Ruins of rolling mill and railroad cars destroyed by Confederates on evacuation of Atlanta, Georgia
Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman, USA
Gen. John B. Hood, CSA
Battle of Ezra Church