The Road Past Kennesaw: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864McMurry, Richard M.
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The Road Past Kennesaw: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864
McMurry, Richard M.
Atlanta Campaign, 1864; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
Good books by participants include Paul M. Angle, ed., _Three Years in
the Army of the Cumberland: The Letters and Diary of Major James A.
Connolly_ (Bloomington, 1959); John B. Hood, _Advance and Retreat:
Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies_ (New
Orleans, 1880; new edition, Bloomington, 1959); Joseph E. Johnston,
_Narrative of Military Operations During the Late War Between the
States_ (New York, 1874; new edition, Bloomington, 1959); Albert D.
Kirwan, ed., _Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a
Confederate Soldier_ (Lexington, Ky., 1956); Milo M. Quaife, ed., _From
the Cannon’s Mouth: The Civil War Letters of General Alpheus S.
Williams_ (Detroit, 1959); John M. Schofield, _Forty-Six Years in the
Army_ (New York, 1897); William T. Sherman, _Memoirs of General William
T. Sherman, by Himself_ (2 vols., New York, 1875; new, 1-vol. edition,
Bloomington, 1957); U.S. War Department, comp., _War of the Rebellion:
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies_ (128 vols.,
Washington, D.C., 1880-1901), Series 1, vol. 38; Sam R. Watkins, “Co.
Aytch,” _Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment; or, A Side Show of the
Big Show_ (Chattanooga, 1900; new edition, Jackson, Tenn., 1952); and
Charles W. Wills, _Army Life of an Illinois Soldier ..._ (Washington,
D.C., 1906).
CIVIL WAR SITES IN GEORGIA
Listed below are several of the major Civil War sites in Georgia. A good
source on other areas is the booklet _Georgia Civil War Historical
Markers_, published by the Georgia Historical Commission.
ANDERSONVILLE: This is now a national historic site. It was the site of
the notorious Civil War prison where, in the summer of 1864, more than
30,000 captured Federals were held. On U.S. 49 at Andersonville, near
Americus.
ATLANTA: Goal of the 1864 campaign. Most of the area in which the
fighting occurred has been built over, but Grant Park contains the
trenches of Fort Walker, the Cyclorama of the Battle of Atlanta, and a
museum.
CHICKAMAUGA: On U.S. 278 near Rossville. A national military park where
the great battle of September 19-20, 1863, was fought.
COLUMBUS: Site of the raised Confederate gunboat _Muscogee_ and a naval
museum on Fourth Street, west of U.S. 27.
CRAWFORDSVILLE: On U.S. 278 west of Augusta. Liberty Hall, the home of
Confederate Vice President Alexander H. Stephens, has been restored and
is open to the public.
FORT PULASKI: A national monument on U.S. 80 east of Savannah. Site of
an engagement in 1862 when Northern forces attacked and captured the
fort.
IRWINVILLE: Off Ga. 107 in the south-central portion of the State.
Museum at the site where President Jefferson Davis was captured by
Federal forces in 1865.
KENNESAW MOUNTAIN: A national battlefield park on U.S. 41 north of
Marietta. This park preserves much of the area where fighting occurred
in 1864. Museum, slide show, and hiking trails.
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