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Atlanta in the American Civil War

Atlanta in the American Civil War
This photograph depicts Atlanta’s Peachtree Street after the Union army under General William Sherman took the city on September 2, 1864, during the American Civil War. Sherman burned the city two months later before embarking on his march to the sea.
George N. Bernard/National Archives
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Civil War, American; Georgia (state)
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