Politicians, activists, artists and entrepreneurs have left their imprint on Atlanta. Few have made a mark quite like Union Gen. William T. Sherman. Driving the news: In November of 1864, Union ...

Sherman’s plan to depopulate Atlanta of noncombatants and destroy its industrial capacity met resistance from the city’s residents. Sherman had none of it. “Now the war comes home to you you ...

Total war against civilians didn't begin with World War II. It was official policy of the Union during the Civil War to lay ...

Sherman was satisfied, as he announced later in a field order congratulating his men: “We quietly and deliberately destroyed Atlanta.” The Yankees’ destruction was not quiet, but it was ...

SHERMAN'S ARMY.; The Situation at Atlanta Hood's Recent Movement Foraging Expeditions The Railroads Repaired. Share full article. From our Own Correspondent. Nov. 6, 1864; ...

Many folks living in metro Atlanta think of General William T. Sherman and the city’s 1864 burning when the Civil War is mentioned. But months before that, Sherman ordered his men to destroy ...

FROM SHERMAN'S ARMY.; The Situation Atlanta Shelled A Feu de Joie Rebel Intentions. Share full article. Aug. 3, 1864. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

On November 15, 1864, during the Civil War, U.S. forces under Gen. William T. Sherman set out from Atlanta on the March to the Sea, a military campaign designed to destroy the Confederacy's ...

Grant urged Sherman not to go after territory but to pursue the Confederate forces and destroy them. It was counsel that Sherman, his sights set on Atlanta, quietly ignored.

A half-century after Sherman burned Atlanta, the core of the city went up in flames again. The Great Atlanta Fire of 1917 destroyed 1,938 buildings, wiped out 300 acres of real estate, and left ...