Today is a Sunday, a day observed in the North as one of Thanksgiving and Prayer for the capture of Atlanta and Mobile Bay. Sermons from dozens if not hundreds of pulpits celebrate the significant recent Union victories that have provided much-needed assurances that God is on the side of freedom for all, and that…
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…
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,…