Battle of Atlanta - Wikipedia
WEBRuins of Atlanta Union Depot after burning by Sherman's troops, 1864. Sherman settled into a siege of Atlanta, shelling the city and sending raids west and south of the city to cut off the supply lines from Macon, Georgia.
Atlanta in the American Civil War - Wikipedia
WEBOn September 1, 1864, Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood evacuated Atlanta, after a five-week siege mounted by Union Gen. William Sherman, and ordered all public buildings and possible Confederate assets destroyed.
The destruction of Atlanta begins | November 12, 1864 - HISTORY
WEBNov 13, 2009 · On November 12, 1864, Union General William T. Sherman orders the business district of Atlanta, Georgia, destroyed before he embarks on his famous March to the Sea. When Sherman captured...
Nov 15, 1864 CE: Burning of Atlanta - National Geographic Society
WEBOn November 15, 1864, U.S. forces led by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burned nearly all of the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia. This event occurred near the end of the U.S. Civil War during which 11 states in the American South seceded from the rest of the nation.
The Atlanta Campaign of 1864: The Camera at War
WEBDec 29, 2022 · From May 7 until September 2, when Sherman’s troops moved into Atlanta, these armies collided and parried throughout Northwest Georgia. For the most part, the Confederates dug in while the Federals either attacked head-on or flanked around the battlements forcing the besieged force to withdraw, regroup, and dig in.
Battle of Atlanta (July 1864) | Facts, Significance, & Casualties
WEBThe Battle of Atlanta was fought on July 22, 1864, during the American Civil War. Union Major Generals William Tecumseh Sherman and James B. McPherson successfully defended against a Confederate offensive from Lieutenant General John Bell Hood on the eastern outskirts of Atlanta.
Destruction of Atlanta - Today In Georgia History
WEBDestruction of Atlanta. November 12, 1864 - Atlanta, Augusta, Athens, Macon. With fires burning brightly, this day was still one of the darkest in Atlanta’s history. Atlanta was the gateway through which most of the traffic passed between the south Atlantic seaboard and the regions to the west, and the city became a major prize during the ...
Atlanta Campaign ‑ Sherman, Civil War & Summary - HISTORY
WEBNov 9, 2009 · The Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War, fought from May to September 1864, saw Union forces under General William T. Sherman claim a crucial Confederate hub.
The Civil War in Georgia: 1864—Total War - Atlanta Magazine
WEBFeb 1, 2014 · During the spring and summer of 1864, Sherman’s forces would fight their way south through northwest Georgia and capture the city of Atlanta, virtually ensuring Lincoln’s reelection.
The Burning of Atlanta - The New York Times
WEBNov 10, 2014 · On the evening of Nov. 15, 1864, Union Lt. Col. Charles Fessenden Morse sat on the roof of a house and watched Atlanta burn. It was a “magnificent and awful spectacle,” he wrote later to his...