Fall of Atlanta to the Yankees...

Item # 701622

September 05, 1864

NEW YORK TIMES Sept. 5, 1864

* The Fall of Atlanta, Georgia
* General William T. Sherman

An historic issue as the front page announces the fall of Atlanta, with first column heads including: "OFFICIAL" "The Fall of Atlanta" "The Official Report of Maj.-Gen. Sherman" "His Strategy And Battles" "Gen. Hood Decamps from Atlanta in the Night". The report is signed in type: W. T. Sherman.
The back page has: "Our Prisoners In The South" "Condition of those Confined at Andersonville, Ga." as well as a diagram: "The Camp Of Union Prisoners In Georgia" and more.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, very nice condition. Note: the day, "5", did not print in the dateline of any of the issues we have had, but the date is at the top of every inside page.

background: The fall of Atlanta on September 4, 1864, was a pivotal moment in the American Civil War. After a protracted campaign through northern Georgia, Union forces under Major General William Tecumseh Sherman captured the city, a major Confederate railroad hub and industrial center. Sherman’s troops had engaged in a series of flanking maneuvers and battles, including at Kennesaw Mountain and around Peachtree Creek, steadily weakening the Confederate defense commanded by General John Bell Hood. The Confederate forces evacuated Atlanta on September 1, allowing Union forces to occupy the city three days later. The capture of Atlanta had enormous strategic and political significance: it crippled the Confederacy’s ability to supply its armies, boosted Northern morale, and greatly strengthened President Abraham Lincoln’s re-election prospects in the fall of 1864. Sherman's success in Atlanta also set the stage for his famous March to the Sea, which would further devastate the South.