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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.
The Atlanta campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman invaded Georgia from the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee , beginning in May 1864, opposed by the Confederate general ...
View in Atlanta, Georgia, 1864. The city of Atlanta, Georgia, in Fulton County, was an important rail and commercial center during the American Civil War.Although relatively small in population, the city became a critical point of contention during the Atlanta Campaign in 1864 when a powerful Union Army approached from Union-held Tennessee.
The church and his home were burned down in the 1864 Battle of Atlanta during Sherman's March to the Sea. Following the war, he rebuilt his house, and the Montgomery brothers purchased another plot of land on Sweet Auburn (now Auburn Avenue), and founded the Big Bethel AME Church, the oldest African-American church in Atlanta at the site. [1]
1864 Civil War Atlanta Campaign, burning of Atlanta 1865 Civil War ends; slaves freed; Atlanta University, 1st Atlanta black college, founded 1868 Atlanta made state ...
Having burned Atlanta and cut his way across Georgia to the sea, the Union general was bringing his army north through the Carolinas to help defeat the Confederates under Robert E. Lee in Virginia.
Sherman's March to the Sea (also known as the Savannah campaign or simply Sherman's March) was a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia from November 15 until December 21, 1864, by William Tecumseh Sherman, major general of the Union Army.
The Burning of Alexandria in 1864 during the Civil War might be the most significant historical event known to area residents. But according to historian Michael Wynne, Alexandria burned many times.