On August 31, 1864, the two-day Battle of Jonesborough

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On August 31, 1864, the two-day Battle of Jonesborough in Georgia began as Union Forces led by William Tecumseh Sherman repulse the Army of Tennessee. A few days later Union forces would occupy Atlanta.

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Image: an engraving of General Sherman's victory - Rebel prisoners being conducted to Atlanta from Jonesborough by the 125th Illinois Regiment in Georgia via LOC, no known restrictions
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