It was the beginning of the end of the Civil War or the brutal battles that eventually broke the back of the Confederacy. It did not really end until April 1865.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." - President Ronald Reagan
Thursday, November 12, 1970
1864: Atlanta and the Civil War
It was the beginning of the end of the Civil War or the brutal battles that eventually broke the back of the Confederacy. It did not really end until April 1865.