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The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 was the most important military operation of the American Civil War. The very life of the Confederacy was at stake. At that time Atlanta was a small town, and a new one, only having been founded a few years previously. While it did contain an arsenal, it was a small operation, concerned more with the storing and shipping war material that manufacturing. A few local firms were making munitions and equipment, under contract. The city's real importance lay in the fact that four rail lines and other communications and routes in what was left for the Cis-Mississippi Confederacy were controlled by Atlanta and its capture by the enemy, would sever these lines, fragmenting and isolating the Confederacy. Richmond and Petersburg could have fallen with no real damage to the Confederate cause, other than its pride. The Loss of Atlanta was its death knell

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Title

The Atlanta papers

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E476.7 .A86 1980

Authors

Kerksis, Sydney C

Subjects

Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns

Language

English

Published

Dayton, Ohio : Press of Morningside Bookshops, 1980.

Publication Desc

907 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill., folded map, ports. ;

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Unknown or not specified

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24 cm.

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The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 was the most important military operation of the American Civil War.  The very life of the Confederacy was at stake. At that time Atlanta was a small town, and a new one, only having been founded a few years previously.  While it did contain an arsenal, it was a small operation, concerned more with the storing and shipping war material that manufacturing. A few local firms were making munitions and equipment, under contract. The city's real importance lay in the fact that four rail lines and other communications and routes in what was left for the Cis-Mississippi Confederacy were controlled by Atlanta and its capture by the enemy, would sever these lines, fragmenting and isolating the Confederacy. Richmond and Petersburg could have fallen with no real damage to the Confederate cause, other than its pride. The Loss of Atlanta was its death knell

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Includes index.

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Stone, Henry, 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, MHSM -- Part I - Opening of the Campaign -- Part II - From the Oostanaula to the Chattahoochee -- Part III - The Siege and Capture of Atlanta, July 9 to September 8k 1864 -- Part IV - Strategy of the Campaign -- Palfrey, John C. Corps of Engineers - General Sherman Plans after the fall of Atlanta, MHSM -- Adams, Robert N., 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. MOLLUS-Minn. -Campaign for Atlanta -- Fenton, E.B., 20th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. MOLLUS-Mich. - From the Raid in to Atlanta. -- Compton, James., 52md Illinois Volunteer Infantry. MOLLUS-MINN. - The Second Division of the 16th Army Corps in the Atlanta Campaign MOLLUS-Min -- Pierson, Stephen, 33rd New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. NJHS - from Chattanooga to Atlanta - 1864 -- Price, Samuel W., 21st Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. MOLLUS-DC - The Skirmish Line in the Atlanta Campaign. -- Cox, Rowland, U.S. Volunteers., MOLLUS-N.Y. -- Snake Creek Gap and Atlanta -- Kilpatrick, Robert L. 5th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. MOLLUS - Ohio - the Fifth Ohio  Infantry at Resaca -- James F.B. 52nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. MOLLUS-Ohio -- McCook's Brigade at the Assault upon Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 27, 1864 -- Newton, George, 129th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. GAR-Ohio Battle of Atlanta. -- Munson, Gilbert D., 78th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. MOLLUS-Ohio - Battle of Atlanta. -- Tuthill, Richard S. Battery H, Michigan 1st Light Artillery. MOLLUS-Ill - An Artilleryman's Recollections of the Battle of Atlanta -- Chamberlin, W.H., 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. - MOLLUS-Ohio. - Recollection of the Battle of Atlanta. -- Adams, Robert N., 81st Ohio Volunteer Infantry. MOLLUS-Minn. - The Battle and Capture of Atlanta -- Dodge, Greenville M., Volunteers. MOLLUS-N.Y. - The Battle of Atlanta. -- Strong, William E., 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. MOLLUS-Ill - The Death of General James B. McPherson --West, Granville C., 4th Volunteer Kentucky Cavalry.  MOLLUS--DC - McCook's Raid in the Rear of Atlanta and Hood's Army, August, 1964 -- Robinson, George I., Chicago Board of Trade Battery. MOLLUS-Wis. -- with Kilpatrick around Atlanta -Curry, W.L., 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. MOLLUS-Ohio - Raid of the Union Calvary, Commanded by General Judson Kilpatrick, Around the Confederate Army in Atlanta August, 1864. --Atkins, Smith D., 92nd Illinois volunteer Infantry. MOLLUS-Ill. -With Sherman's Cavalry. -- Rea, John P., 1st Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. MOLLUS-Minn. Kilpatrick's Raid Around Atlanta. -- Capon, Horace, 14th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. MOLLUS-D.C. -- Stoneman's Raid to the South of Atlanta. -- Capron, Albert B., 14th Illinois volunteer Cavalry. MOLLUS-Ill - Stoneman's Raid to Macon, Georgia in 1864. -- Flint, Mortimer R., 1st Alabama Cavalry. (Federal) MOLLUS-Minn - The Battle of Altoona -- Ludlow, William, Corps of Engineer, USA. MOLLUS-Mich - The Battle of Altoona, October 5, 1864. -- Adams, John Q., Signal Corps, USA. MOLLUS-Iowa -- Hold the Fort! --Johnson, W.C. 89th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. GAR-Ohio - The March to the Sea. -- Kerksis, Sydney C. AHS - Actions at Gilgal Church, Georgia, June 15th-16th 1864.-- MOLLUS- Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States -- MHS- Military Historical Society of Massachusetts -- NJHS - New Jersey Historical Society --GAR - Grand Army of the Republic -- AHS - Atlanta Historical Society.