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Civil War SeriesThe Campaign for Atlanta |
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Cover: War Is Hell, by Mort
Künstler. Copyright 1991 Mort Künstler, Inc.
This painting
depicts Sherman abandoning Atlanta during his March to the
Sea.
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TEXT BY ALBERT CASTEL
Thanks to Bill Scaife, Dennis Kelly, and the interpretive staff at
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
Maps by Laura Kriegstrom
Poracsky from Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864
by Albert Castel, courtesy of Mr. Castel and the University Press of
Kansas.
Published by Eastern National, copyright 1996. All rights reserved.
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| Key for photo and illustration identification: |
| BL | Battles and Leaders of the Civil War |
| LC | Library of Congress, Washington, DC |
| NA | National Archives, Washington, DC |
| NPS | National Park Service |
| USAMHI | United States Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA |
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Want to Learn
More?
The following books are suggested reading for
additional insights into the Civil War and its key battles:
Richard M. McMurray, Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the
Confederacy (Lincoln: The University of Nebraska Press,
2001), Marc Wortman, The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning
of Atlanta (New York: Public Affairs, 2009), Russell S.
Bonds, War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning
of Atlanta (Chicago: Westholme Publishing, 2009),
Stephen Davis, Atlanta Will Fall: Sherman, Joe Johnston,
and the Yankee Heavy Battalions (Wilmington: SR Books,
2001), as well as Richard M. McMurry, The Road Past
Kennesaw: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 (Washington, DC:
National Park Service, 1972). |
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