The Burning of Atlanta in 1864: The History of One of the Civil War's Most Controversial Events
ISBN: 9781511948593
*Includes pictures
*Includes accounts of the fighting and burning by Sherman and Union soldiers
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
*Includes a table of contents
“We rode out of Atlanta by the Decatur road, filled by the marching troops and wagons of the Fourteenth Corps; and reaching the hill, just outside of the old rebel works, we naturally paused to look back upon the scenes of our past battles. We stood upon the very ground whereon was fought the bloody battle of July 22d, and could see the copse of wood where McPherson fell. Behind us lay Atlanta, smouldering and in ruins, the black smoke rising high in air, and hanging like a pall over the ruined city.” - William Tecumseh Sherman
*Includes accounts of the fighting and burning by Sherman and Union soldiers
*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading
*Includes a table of contents
“We rode out of Atlanta by the Decatur road, filled by the marching troops and wagons of the Fourteenth Corps; and reaching the hill, just outside of the old rebel works, we naturally paused to look back upon the scenes of our past battles. We stood upon the very ground whereon was fought the bloody battle of July 22d, and could see the copse of wood where McPherson fell. Behind us lay Atlanta, smouldering and in ruins, the black smoke rising high in air, and hanging like a pall over the ruined city.” - William Tecumseh Sherman