Battle of Peach Tree Creek tom Ryan By including rich details culled

By including rich details culled from private letters and pension files

Here is the vivid story of how the Lincoln administration met the immense challenges the war posed to the city

He resurrects the variety of African-American voices and memories of the war and the efforts to preserve the emancipationist legacy in the midst of a culture built on its denial

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Battle of Peach Tree Creek tom Ryan By including rich details culledby Earl J. Hess On July 20, 1864, the Civil War struggle for Atlanta reached a pivotal moment. As William T. Sherman's Union forces came ever nearer the city, the defending Confederate Army of Tennessee replaced its commanding general, removing Joseph E. Johnston and elevating John Bell Hood. This decision stunned and demoralized Confederate troops just when Hood was compelled to take the offensive against the approaching Federals. Attacking northward