General Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army advanced from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia. After victory in Atlanta, Sherman ordered the city's evacuation and burning in November 1864.
General William Tecumseh Sherman led a march to the sea burning everything in his way including the city of Atlanta.
Sherman aimed to destroy buildings of military importance, but ended up burning down most of the city, leaving many refugees to flee into the mountains.
The cowardly march of Sherman from Atlanta to St. Augustine, burning everything in his path, including food and livestock that the lone women needed, devastated Georgia and the South. After Sherman's devastation of Georgia, he later stated that "was is hell." Well, he was in a position to know that for sure.
...punitive raid across Georgia, burning farms and wrecking railroads, to ruin the Southern economy and starve the enemy troops in the field.
I think Sherman burned most of the buildings in the city.So i don't think there is only such a specific area in Atlanta.
they were the burning of atlanta and the march to the sea
General Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army advanced from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia. After victory in Atlanta, Sherman ordered the city's evacuation and burning in November 1864.
The Burning of Atlanta was on July 21st, 1864- July 22nd, 1864. It was a two-day battle.
The Union forces under General Sherman won the Battle of Atlanta. When General Hood left the area, he burned many buildings. When Sherman took over Atlanta, hundreds more businesses and homes were burnt.
William Tecumseh Sherman
Great bitterness towards Sherman for burning down so much of the city.
William T. Sherman
General William Tecumseh Sherman led a march to the sea burning everything in his way including the city of Atlanta.
general sherman
Sherman practiced total war. He burned crops and cities and turned railroad ties into scrap. He is known for burning Atlanta one of the largest cities of the south.
Sherman aimed to destroy buildings of military importance, but ended up burning down most of the city, leaving many refugees to flee into the mountains.