United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.387981864-07-22Order 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.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/Ad Hoc CollectionDavid I. Carson Papers, ac. 1956-0110M, Georgia ArchivesMilitary orders--Georgia--AtlantaUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891--CorrespondenceMcPherson, James Birdseye, 1828-1864--CorrespondenceAtlanta Campaign, 1864General William T. Sherman to General James B. McPherson, Howard House, AtlantaText