Samuel Gibbs French
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Samuel Gibbs French was an American military officer from New Jersey. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1843, served as a captain in the U.S. Army in the Mexican-American War, an
Woodbury, New Jersey residents protested in front of and stormed French's summer house when they learned of his secession to the Confederacy.
Photo of French from his autobiography, published in 1901
Samuel Gibbs French cenotaph in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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 Maj. Gen.
Union Major-General William T. 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