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The Battle of Atlanta took place during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia.Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply hub of Atlanta, Union forces commanded by William Tecumseh Sherman overwhelmed and defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John Bell Hood.
Sherman's forces had previously approached Atlanta from the east and north and had not been able to break through, so Sherman decided to attack from the west. He ordered Howard's Army of the Tennessee to move from the left wing to the right and cut Hood's last railroad supply line between East Point and Atlanta.
Melton, Brian C. (2007) Sherman's Forgotten General. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press. ISBN 978-0-8262-1739-4. Nevin, David and the Editors of Time-Life Books (1986) Sherman's March: Atlanta to the Sea. Alexandria, Virginia: Time-Life Books ISBN 0-8094-4812-2. Trudeau, Noah Andre. (2008) Southern Storm: Sherman's March to the ...
Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center is an American hotel and convention center, opened in Grapevine, Texas 30 minutes from Dallas - Fort Worth, on April 2, 2004. It has 486,000 sq ft (45,200 m 2 ) of meeting space and 1,814 guest rooms.
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Coursey's Fantasy Water Park Baton Rouge: Critter's Creek Monroe: Delta Village: Tallulah: Early 1970s–late 1970s Fun Fair Park Baton Rouge: 1963–1999 Relocated adjacent to Blue Bayou Water Park under the new name Dixie Landin'. Both parks are owned and operated by the same organization. [21] Hamel's Amusement Park Shreveport: 1970s–1999 ...
A new indoor water-park resort in Florida is ready to make a big splash. Great Wolf Lodge in Naples, on the state’s Gulf coast, will have a grand opening Sept. 18. The original timetable for the ...
At the time of the fire, approximately 5,000 people were in the hotel and casino, a 26-story luxury resort with more than 2,000 hotel rooms. Just after 7:00 on the morning of November 21, 1980, a fire broke out in a restaurant known as The Deli. The Clark County Fire Department was the first agency to respond.