On this day in the Civil War, General William T. Sherman’s Federal army occupies Atlanta, Georgia after several months of campaigning.

Sherman says, “Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.”

sherman on horse

General Sherman

(Photo Credit: Library of Congress)

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