ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) - On July 22 in 1864, Union and Confederate forces began fighting in one of Georgia’s greatest Civil War battles – the Battle of Atlanta. Atlanta was the largest industrial, ...
Bring the family, especially young kids, to the Atlanta History Center, a mainstay for tourists since 1990. The 33-acre campus, located in the heart of Buckhead, offers Atlanta visitors and natives ...
It takes a sharp eye and a ready grasp of how the Battle of Atlanta unfolded on July 22, 1864, to locate the few roadside historical markers and small monuments that memorialize it.
It’s 1864, and the Battle of Atlanta just ended. Union Army Gen. James Birdseye McPherson was unexpectedly shot and killed. The scene of his death looks like an abandoned campground in the forest, ...