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Atlanta, GA

Intelligencer Office, Atlanta, GA, 1864, zoomable image

ATLANTA CITY, p.o., DeKalb co., Ga., Pop. 2, 572. (Fanning's, 1853)

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Record Data

Place Unit Type:

City or Town

Containing Unit:

DeKalb County, GA

Note Cards

Events

Life span		Type
11/16/1859 to 11/17/1859	Deadly fire burns overnight in Atlanta, Georgia	Crime/Disasters
10/14/1860	First signs of the fall season with snow in New York and Pennsylvania and a heavy frost in Georgia	Science/Technology
06/07/1862	In Atlanta, James J. Andrews is executed for his role as leader of the raid on the Georgia rail system	Battles/Soldiers
06/18/1862	In Atlanta, seven Union raiders from the failed attack on the Georgia rail system are hanged as spies	Battles/Soldiers
10/16/1862	In Atlanta, the captured Union raiders from the failed attack on the Georgia rail system stage a mass escape	Battles/Soldiers
12/08/1866	In Atlanta, the purpose-built Storrs School for Freedmen is dedicated.	Education/Culture
05/18/1862	In Georgia, an Atlanta warehouse packed with cotton and foodstuffs burns to the ground	Crime/Disasters
11/15/1864	In Georgia, General W.T. Sherman and his 62,000 men march out of a burning Atlanta, heading for the sea	Battles/Soldiers
10/29/1860 to 11/05/1860	Stephen Douglas ends his presidential campaign with speeches in Georgia and Alabama	Campaigns/Elections
10/19/1860 to 10/28/1860	Stephen Douglas makes his final campaign tour, through the Deep South	Campaigns/Elections
09/02/1864	The Union's Army of the Tennessee captures Atlanta, boosting northern morale and Republican prospects	Battles/Soldiers
08/31/1864 to 09/01/1864	Union forces break the last Confederate efforts to defend Atlanta at the Battle of Jonesborough	Battles/Soldiers

Major Topics

People

Burial Place of

Turner, Henry McNeal

Henry M. Turner, detail

Turner, Henry McNeal

Henry McNeal Turner, detail

Places

Name	Type
Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA	Location or Site

Documents

Subject

Date	Title
12/26/1859	Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Medical Students,” December 26, 1859
12/26/1864	Abraham Lincoln to William T. Sherman, December 26, 1864

Images

Intelligencer Office, Atlanta, GA, 1864, zoomable image

Intelligencer Office, Atlanta, GA, 1864, zoomable image

Railroad Depot and Yard, Atlanta, GA, 1864, zoomable image

Atlanta, Georgia, 1864, panoramic photograph, zoomable image

Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1864, artist's impression

Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia, September 1864, artist's impression

Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, campaign map, zoomable image

Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, campaign map, zoomable image

Confederate destruction of Railroad stock before abandoning Atlanta, Georgia, September 1, 1864, artist's impression

Confederate destruction of Railroad stock before abandoning Atlanta, Georgia, September 1, 1864, artist's impression

Confederate refugees moving south from Atlanta, October, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, artist's impression, detail

Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, artist's impression, further detail

Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, artist's impression, further detail

Civilians sheltering from the Union bombardment, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

Civilians sheltering from the Union bombardment, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

Civilians sheltering from the Union bombardment, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 1864, artist's impression, detail

Civilians sheltering from the Union bombardment, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 1864, artist's impression, detail

City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1864, artist's impression

City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, October 1864, artist's impression

Citizens of Atlanta, Georgia receiving passes to go North or South, October 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

Citizens of Atlanta, Georgia receiving passes to go North or South, October 1864, artist's impression, detail

Citizens of Atlanta, Georgia receiving passes to go North or South, October 1864, artist's impression, detail

Atlanta, Georgia, November 11, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

Atlanta, Georgia, November 11, 1864, artist's impression, detail

Railroad Depot, Atlanta, Georgia, November 12, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

Railroad Depot, Atlanta, Georgia, November 12, 1864, artist's impression, detail

Pay Day, Sherman's Army, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

Pay Day, Sherman's Army, Atlanta, Georgia, 1864, artist's impression, zoomable image

Union troops camped on the grounds of City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, zoomable image

Union troops camped on the grounds of City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, zoomable image

Union troops camped on the grounds of City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, detail

Former Slave Auction House, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, zoomable image

Former Slave Auction House, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, zoomable image

Former Slave Auction House, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, detail

Former Slave Auction House, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, detail

Former Slave Auction House, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, further detail

Former Slave Auction House, Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, further detail

Union troops destroying railroad facilities, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864

Union troops destroying railroad facilities, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864

Union troops destroying railroad facilities, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, detail

Union troops destroying railroad facilities, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, detail

Union troops destroying railroad track, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864

Union troops destroying railroad track, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864

Union troops destroying railroad track, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, detail

Union troops destroying railroad track, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864, detail

Ruins of the railroad depot, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864

Ruins of the railroad depot, Atlanta, Georgia, November 1864

Bibliography

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