The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta
"The Bonfire is the intimate and epic story of the most terrible city siege in American history: the destruction and burning of Atlanta." "The struggle for Atlanta, the Gate City of the South, culminated a series of brutal battles on the western front of the Civil War. From Tennessee to the banks of the Chattahoochee River, federal invaders and Confederate defenders fought mile by bloody mile until finally Atlanta was partially encircled and besieged. Presidents Lincoln and Davis and the...
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The emblematic Civil War story: the ruinous siege and burning of Atlanta, the great city of the South.
MapsIntroduction 1I Frontier1 Flags 52 Virginians 113 Removal 234 Sherman in the Swamp 355 Another Passage 456 The Compromise 53II Gate City7 The Cornerstone 698 Earthquake 859 Never! Never!! Never!!! 11110 Speculation 12511 Street Theater 145III Clamorous Town12 The Dead House 15513 Enemies Within 16514 River of Death 18115 A Day's Outing 193IV The Hundred Days' Battle16 Railroad War 20317 Candle Ends 21318 Fighting, Fighting, Fighting 21919 Roman Runagees 22920 Prayers 237V The Thief in the Gloaming21 A Perfect Shell 25522 The Battle of Atlanta 271VI War Is Cruelty, and You Cannot Refine It23 Goodbye, Johnny 28724 The First Bonfire 30125 The Second Bonfire 31726 The New South 337Epilogue: Sherman's Return 355Notes 363Acknowledgments 415Photograph Credits 417Index 419
