One day after the fall of Atlanta the news is ever so slowly traveling by word of mouth, as communications infrastructure in the Atlanta area is largely destroyed. The Confederate capital is in the dark regarding Atlanta as the Richmond Daily Dispatch reports of ongoing fighting near the city: “We have news of fighting near…
A city ablaze greets the dawning of a new day in the South. Atlanta, deserted by Confederate defenders, is yet aflame from fires started by the departing rebels, while pillaged store fronts bear evidence of a night of looting. Union General William T. Sherman and his armies march uncontested into the city, which is surrendered…
Gloom grows throughout the South as Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman defeats Gen. John Bell Hood’s Army of the Tennessee in the second and final day of the battle of Jonesborough (Jonesboro). Hood’s defeat forces the Confederates to do the unthinkable: abandon Atlanta. The evacuation begins late in the day, and continues under darkness…