Library of Congress
Union soldiers lounge inside one of the abandoned Confederate field forts defending Atlanta.
Library of Congress
Atlanta, October 1864: “solid and business-like, wide streets and many fine houses.”
Atlanta Historical Society
Federal officers commandeered many of Atlanta’s houses for staff headquarters. Col. Henry A. Barnum and his staff moved into General Hood’s former headquarters, described as the “finest wooden building in the city.”
Library of Congress
After Sherman turned Atlanta into an armed camp, wagon trains, like this one on Whitehall Street, rumbled through the city day and night.
Atlanta Historical Society
The 2d Massachusetts Infantry, the “best officered regiment in the Army,” set up camp in City Hall Square. When this photograph was taken, near the end of the occupation, the soldiers’ tents had been replaced by more substantial wooden huts built from demolished houses.
