- Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
- Title:
- General William T. Sherman to General James B. McPherson, Howard House, Atlanta
- Date of Original:
- 1864-07-22
- Subject:
- Military orders--Georgia--Atlanta
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--Correspondence
McPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864--Correspondence
Atlanta Campaign, 1864 - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- documents
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Order from General William T. Sherman to General James B. McPherson directing General Dodge's 16th Corps, U.S. Army, to destroy the railroad between Atlanta and Decatur, Georgia.
McPherson was killed shortly after by Confederate skirmishers in the Battle of Atlanta. - Metadata URL:
- https://vault.georgiaarchives.org/digital/collection/adhoc/id/52
- Rights Holder:
- Users may download the images for personal or educational use
- Original Collection:
- Ad Hoc Collection
David I. Carson Papers, ac. 1956-0110M, Georgia Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
-
