During the spring and summer of 1864, Sherman’s forces would fight their way south through northwest Georgia and capture the city of Atlanta, virtually ensuring Lincoln’s reelection.

Here is an overview of Civil War battlefield locations near Atlanta, including sites that were part of the Battle of Atlanta and the fights around Kennesaw Mountain in 1864.

The arrival of Federal troops startled many citizens who had just started calming down from the earthquake during the evening of Sept. 1, 1864 — not a natural seismic occurrence, but man-made.

The Civil War seeps into the Southern culture more than Northern. I was stuck in traffic on 400 and saw a pickup truck with a bumper sticker that said, “Don’t blame me; I voted for Jeff Davis.” ...

The Atlanta Cyclorama, the colossal Civil War painting created about 130 years ago, is leaving the building it has occupied since 1921 to move across town. Fox News Media Fox Business ...

Alex Garland’s “Civil War" is already one of the most talked-about films of the year so far -- and intense drama was filmed here in metro Atlanta.