Today marks the beginning of the battle that will decide the fate of Atlanta. In what becomes known as the Battle of Jonesborough, Union General William T. Sherman maneuvers his forces in an offensive designed to draw the Confederate’s Army of the Tennessee out of the city of Atlanta. Confederate Lieutenant General William J. Hardee,…
Union General William T. Sherman‘s grinding offensive against Atlanta continues as the Federal siege grows ever tighter around the critical Southern city. Destroying the rail lines supplying Atlanta is a key part of Sherman’s strategy. Cutting off Atlanta from the rest of Georgia and the Confederacy would be a significant Union victory and vastly accelerate…
Slowly but surely, Union General William T. Sherman tightens his encirclement of Atlanta. Today begins a Federal assault on the Macon & Western railroad, even as hapless Confederate officers and their armies remain unable to deter Sherman’s advance. Meanwhile, Southern Baptists of the Confederacy ratchet up their rhetoric concerning Confederate soldiers’ orphans. The number of…