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Burning of Atlanta and Sherman’s March to the Sea
On this date in 1864, the Union general William Tecumseh Sherman began his March to the Sea following the burning of Atlanta. Here are some things you may not have known about it. The previous year, under Ulysses S. Grant, the Military Division of the Mississippi routed the Confederate Army at the Battle of Chattanooga.…
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Richard Jewell: A Life Turned Upside Down by False Accusations
Today is the birthday of Richard Jewell, the security guard who discovered a bomb during the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and was later considered a suspect in the attack. Here are some things you may not have known about him. Richard Jewell was born Richard White in 1962 in Danville, Georgia. He was later…