The Battles for Atlanta
Between July and Sept. 1864, during the American Civil War, U.S. and Confederate armies struggled for control of Atlanta, the major manufacturing center and railroad hub of the Deep South....
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Oakland Cemetery
In 1850 the City of Atlanta established a public cemetery on this ridge overlooking downtown. Originally know as Atlanta or City Cemetery, the name Oakland was adopted in 1872 because of its many...
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Whittier Cotton Mill and Village
Whittier Cotton Mills of Lowell, Massachusetts opened a new Atlanta factory on this site in 1896. Development of the mill complex included the construction of Whittier Mill Village, a...
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer was founded in 1903 as the first English-speaking congregation in Atlanta. The church´s first building was erected in 1905 near the state capitol. The church...
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Academy of Medicine
Thirteen Atlanta physicians organized the Brotherhood of Physicians in 1854. After many location and name changes, the Brotherhood evolved into the Fulton County Medical Society, which dedicated...
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Georgia Power
Georgia Power A Citizen Wherever We Served Electricity came to Atlanta in 1884, when the Georgia Electric Light Company of Atlanta, chartered in 1883, began operating its first generating plant...
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Gov. John M. Slaton
Gov. John M. Slaton 1866-1955 John Marshall Slaton was born in Meriwether County and graduated from the University of Georgia before practicing law in Atlanta. Slaton served in both houses of...
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Rush Memorial Congregational Church
In the spring of 1960, students from Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Clark, Morehouse, Morris Brown, and Spelman colleges formed the Atlanta Student Movement and...
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The Atlanta Student Movement
In February 1960, here at the site of Yates and Milton Drugstore, three students from Morehouse College–Lonnie King, Joseph Pierce, and Julian Bond–began to rally students from Atlanta’s...
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Delta Air Lines
Delta Air Lines began in 1924 as a crop dusting company, based first in Macon, Georgia, and then Monroe, Louisiana. C.E. Woolman led a group of investors in buying the company in 1928 and renamed...
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Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Atlanta’s First African-American Catholic Church Our Lady of Lourdes was established in November 1912 by Father Ignatius Lissner as the first...
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Rhodes Hall - Le Reve
Atlanta philanthropist and businessman Amos Giles Rhodes built Le Reve (The Dream) on his 114-acre estate in 1904. Designed by Atlanta architect Willis F. Denny II, the house is constructed...
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Early Segregation On Auburn Avenue
In 1900, businesses and professional firms at this end of Auburn Avenue were primarily White-owned and segregated, including United Investment Corporation Holding, Equitable Credit Union, and the...
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Original Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
This building has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. Best known to Atlantans as the first Georgia bottling plant of the Coca-Cola Company, this small two story commercial...
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The Battle of Ezra Church - Plaque 7 - Map
Map - The Battle of Ezra Church Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com. Original page, with additional info, here. Photo credit: Byron Hooks of Lat34North.com.
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The Battle of Ezra Church - Plaque 6 - Forces Engaged
The Union Forces Engaged The Army of the Tennessee Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard The 15th Corps. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan 1stDivision Brig. Gen. Charles R, Woodson (Milo Smith´s, Williamson´s and...
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The Battle of Ezra Church - Plaque 5 - The Confederate Attack (con't)
Dense woods screened the extent of the Union line until revealed by storms of musketry which swept Brown´s ranks, in front and on the right where Williams´ fire enfiladed Johnston´s exposed...
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The Battle of Ezra Church - Plaque 4 - The Confederate Attack
On July 27th, Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee assumed command of Hood´s former corps. Both he and Stewart directed to hold their respective corps "in readiness" and to report at Hood´s headquarters....
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The Battle of Ezra Church - Plaque 3 - The Union Dispositions
While the 15th Corps was feeling its way south through the densely wooded county behind Blair´s right, increasing resistance by Confederate cavalry skirmishers (dismounted), and...
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The Battle of Ezra Church - Plaque 2 - The Preliminary Operations
The city was encircled by 12 miles of fortification which Sherman later deemed "unassailable". Johnston was confident that he could hold Atlanta "forever", but he did not intend to become...
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