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

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Atlanta, Ga. City Hall; camp of 2d Massachusetts Infantry on the grounds
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Selected Civil War Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
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Photographer: George N. Barnard

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

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 17, 2015.
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"Auction & Negro Sales," Whitehall Street
Source citation
Selected Civil War Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Photographer: George N. Barnard
Cropped from the full image, also available here.

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

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Library of Congress
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 17, 2015.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
Yes
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
"Auction & Negro Sales," Whitehall Street
Source citation
Selected Civil War Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Photographer: George N. Barnard
Cropped from the full image, also available here.

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

Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Sized, cropped, and adjusted by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 17, 2015.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
Yes
Courtesy of
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
"Auction & Negro Sales," Whitehall Street
Source citation
Selected Civil War Photograph Collection, Library of Congress
Source note
Photographer: George N. Barnard

In Georgia, General W.T. Sherman and his 62,000 men march out of a burning Atlanta, heading for the sea

Union General W.T. Sherman marched his troops out of Atlanta in the afternoon, embarking on his "March to the Sea" across Georgia.  Four army corps, the XV, XVII, XIV, and XX, around 62,000 men in total, moved in four parallel formations covering a swath of sixty miles. Living off the land, the march devastated central Georgia and came to an end five weeks later on December 21, 1864, with the Union's capture of Savannah.  (By John Osborne) 
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In Georgia, Confederate troops evacuate Savannah and Sherman's "March to the Sea" is complete

In the afternoon and the following night, Confederate forces evacuated Savannah, Georgia and its fortifications as General Sherman's Union forces closed in.  Confederate General William J. Hardee and his 15,000 garrison escaped after burning installations and fortifications, including the naval yard in the city. Triumphant Union troops occupied the city on the afternoon of December 21, 1864, ending Sherman's "March to the Sea."  (by John Osborne)  
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Near Savannah, Georgia, Fort McAllister falls to Union troops and Sherman makes contact with the U.S. Navy

Fort McAllister, near Savannah, Georgia, was the last Confederate obstacle to General W.S. Sherman's "March to the Sea" from Atlanta.  Union General William Hazen's division of the XVth Corps took the strongpoint by storm, capturing around two hundred defenders.  This action enabled Sherman capture Savannah and to reach the sea and make direct contact with Admiral Dahlgren's fleet off the Georgia coast. (By John Osborne)
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In San Francisco Harbor, the U.S.S. Camanche is finally launched into the waters of the Pacific

The prefabricated Jersey City built, Passaic-class monitor U.S.S. Camanche had reached San Francisco Harbor intact the previous November but a storm smashed her transport ship, the Aquila, at its moorings soon after. The warship parts were salvaged, however, and the Camanche was launched the following year, and spent two decades patrolling the California coast. (By John Osborne) 
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Off the South Carolina coast, the only survivor of the wreck of a lightship has a fortunate escape from death

John Cruse was a crewman on the R.B. Howlett, a vessel from Philadelphia being used as a lightship of the South Carolina coast near Charleston.  A storm had destroyed the lightship the night before leaving Cruse the sole survivor of the seven men in the crew, clinging to a piece of wreckage.  After hours in the water, Cruse cheated drowning when the Union dispatch boat Eliza Hancox spotted him the next evening around dusk. (By John Osborne)
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