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Atlanta

Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, LC-B8171-2708 DLC

Federal camp outside of City Hall, Atlanta, Georgia. General William Sherman took Atlanta on September 2, 1864. He wired President Lincoln to say, "Atlanta is ours; fairly won." He forced the entire city to evacuate.
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