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Beginning with the Great Locomotive Chase and the battle of Chickamauga, to the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea
| Battle of Allatoona Pass | Battle of Allatoona Pass Hood's first major battle after the loss of Atlanta left a strong Union fort in place when the Confederates failed to take an important railroad pass |
| John Bell Hood | John Bell Hood Aggressive general who fought under Longstreet at Gettysburg and Chickamauga, promoted to command the Army of Tennessee during the Battle of Atlanta |
| Other pages of interest on About North Georgia About North Georgia Feature Articles | |
| Athen's Double Barrel Cannon | Athen's Double Barrel Cannon Richard Irby tells us about a unique piece of Athens/Clarke County history known as the Double Barrel Cannon |
| Atlanta Premiere of Gone With The Wind | Atlanta Premiere of Gone With The Wind The stars fell in Atlanta in December, 1939 to celebrate a film event unlike anything a southern town had ever seen. |
| Attractions in North Georgia | |
| Atlanta History Center | Atlanta History Center Plan a day to visit this extensive museum that features metro Atlanta history, the Civil War, Bobby Jones and top-notch traveling exhibits. Includes tours of Swan House and the Tullie Smith house. |
| Chickamauga Battlefield | Chickamauga Battlefield Take a journey to the bloodiest two days in American history and visit America's first military park |
| Biographies | |
| Howell Cobb | Howell Cobb Governor of Georgia, Speaker of the U. S. House, Secretary of the Treasury, Candidate for U. S. President |
| Joseph E. Brown | Joseph E. Brown Political leader in Georgia, Governor Joseph E. Brown would become a member of the Bourbon Triumvirate. |
| Mary Edwards Walker | Mary Edwards Walker Medal of Honor Awardee, Surgeon, Spy |
| William S. Rosecrans | William S. Rosecrans Union General |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | William Tecumseh Sherman William Tecumseh Sherman was long hated by the people of northwest Georgia for his actions during the Atlanta Campaign. This biography by Wayne Bengston retells his trials and tribulations. |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | Nathan Bedford Forrest Biography of the Confederate Cavalryman who entered the Civil War a private and left a general. Known for defeating forces superior in number, both Sherman and Grant called him "That Devil." |
| Winfield Scott | Winfield Scott Federal officer in charge of Cherokee Removal, Scott would later devise the Anaconda Plan to defeat the South during the War Between the States |
| John Brown Gordon | John Brown Gordon Biography of the Confederate General and Georgia statesman who was one of the Bourbon Triumvirate |
| James Longstreet | James Longstreet Biography of Confederate General James Longstreet, who grew up near Gainesville, fought in Virginia and Chickamauga, and spent his later years running the Piedmont Hotel |
| James Birdseye McPherson | James Birdseye McPherson Commander, Army of the Tennessee |
| Braxton Bragg | Braxton Bragg Confederate General who commanded the Army of Mississippi and the Army of Tennessee before resigning after Chattanooga. As Jefferson Davis's chief-of-staff he relieved Joe Johnston and appointed John Bell Hood his replacement |
| George Henry Thomas | George Henry Thomas Commander, Army of the Cumberland, during the Atlanta Campaign |
| The General | The General Famous Locomotive that was chased by the Texas from Kennesaw to Ringgold |
| Francis Stebbins Bartow | Francis Stebbins Bartow Colonel, CSA, died at Bull Run and was posthumously promoted to general |
| Jefferson Davis | Jefferson Davis President of The Confederate States of America |
| Letters | |
| End of the Civil War | End of the Civil War When did the Civil War end? |
| Civil War or War of Northern Aggression | Civil War or War of Northern Aggression Why do you insist on calling the the Civil War the, quote...War of Northern Aggression..unquote?? |
| Difference between the Battle of Atlanta and the Atlanta Campaign | Difference between the Battle of Atlanta and the Atlanta Campaign What is the difference between the Battle of Atlanta and the Atlanta Campaign? |
| North Georgia State Parks | |
| Picketts Mill State Historic Site | Picketts Mill State Historic Site Site of the Battle of Picketts Mill |
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