Civil War - 1864
| February 22, 1864 |
First battle of Dalton |
| February 27, 1864 |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Whitfield County, Georgia |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| February 28, 1864 |
The CSS Nashville is sunk off Genesis Point on the Great Ogeechee River (near Fort McAllister)
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Civil War - 1864 |
| March 3, 1864 |
Fort McAllister fired on by ironclad vessels
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Civil War - 1864 |
| May 8, 1864 |
Battle of Rocky Face (Dalton) |
| May 11, 1864 |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Whitfield County, Georgia |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| May 13, 1864 |
Battle of Resaca |
| May 13, 1864 |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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General George Thomas |
| May 18, 1864 |
Battle of Woodlands fought on the estate of Godfrey Barnsley outside Adairsville
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Godfrey Barnsley and Barnsley Gardens
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| May 25, 1864 |
Battle of New Hope Church |
| May 26, 1864 |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| May 27, 1864 |
Battle of Picketts Mill
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Patrick Ronayne Cleburne |
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General George Thomas |
| May 29, 1864 |
Battle of Dallas
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| June 27, 1864 |
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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Cobb County, Georgia |
| July 5, 1864 |
Kennar Garrard secures Roswell Mill, a major objective of William Tecumseh Sherman's Atlanta Campaign
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Civil War - 1864 |
| July 20, 1864 |
Battle of Peachtree Creek |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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General George Thomas |
| July 22, 1864 |
Battle of Atlanta
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| July 28, 1864 |
Battle of Ezra Church
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| July 30, 1864 |
Battle of Brown's Mill
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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Battle of Brown's Mill |
| August 2, 1864 |
Stoneman's Raiders are repelled by Georgia Rebels at Barber's Creek
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| August 5, 1864 |
Battle of Utoy Creek |
| August 7, 1864 |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| August 14, 1864 |
Second battle of Dalton |
| August 15, 1864 |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Whitfield County, Georgia |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| August 20, 1864 |
Battle of Lovejoy's Station
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Clayton County, Georgia |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| September 2, 1864 |
Mayor James Calhoun surrenders Atlanta to Colonel John Coburn. Coburn had advanced to the present-day corner of Marietta St. and Northside Parkway to scout the city following a series of loud explosions throughout the night. |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| October 5, 1864 |
Battle of Allatoona Pass
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| October 13, 1864 |
Battle of Rice Springs, GA
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Civil War - 1864 |
| November 9, 1864 |
General William Tecumseh Sherman issues the first orders (Special Orders No. 120), from Kingston, Georgia (Bartow County) directly related to his "March to the Sea." Over the next few days the city of Rome will be destroyed and track from Atlanta to Chattanooga will be torn up, some transported to Tennessee for later use, some twisted into Sherman's hairpins or Sherman's neckties and left by the side of the railroad.
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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March to the Sea |
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Rome, Georgia |
| November 15, 1864 |
City of Atlanta burned under orders from General Sherman during the March to the Sea. A special battering ram was used to destroy the stone and brick railroad depot. Because of the city's size, it took the Union Cavalry nearly a day to complete the task, beginning this evening and completing the task the following afternoon.
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Civil War - 1864 |
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March to the Sea |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| November 28, 1864 |
Battle of Buckhead Creek
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Civil War - 1864 |
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March to the Sea |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| November 30, 1864 |
Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
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Patrick Ronayne Cleburne |
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Civil War - 1864 |
| December 4, 1864 |
Battle of Waynesborough
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Civil War - 1864 |
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March to the Sea |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| December 13, 1864 |
Sherman captures Fort McAllister. Two miles east of the fort his men make contact with the waiting Union fleet marking the end of the March to the Sea
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Civil War - 1864 |
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March to the Sea |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| December 21, 1864 |
William Tecumseh Sherman captures Savannah
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Civil War - 1864 |
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
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March to the Sea |
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