Not long after the historic McAfee House was relocated by preservationists to Cherokee County, the two-acre site at Bells Ferry Road and Barrett Parkway is being proposed for a commercial use. And not ...

The tribute will honor John Brady Kane and Joseph “Norman” Kane, two brothers who died while serving in Europe during World ...

Award-winning Civil War historian William Marvel looks at the seeming revival of Confederate military efforts in the first half of 1864, despite devastating reverses incurred during the previous year, ...

Pp. xviii, 411. Illus., maps, append., notes, biblio., index. $44.95. ISBN: 0700633960 Deciding the Fate of Atlanta With this book Earl Hess has given us his sixth book covering different parts of the ...

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They have all been dated to be more than 200 years old, making them witnesses to the historic Battle of Atlanta, on July 22, 1864. But their major accomplishment may be their sheer survival after ...

With this in mind, Sherman ordered his army to move out of Chattanooga, Tenn., in early May of 1864. He took dead aim at Atlanta, a major railroad supply crossroads and the heart of the South.

On a hot summer day in 1864, on a patch of southeast Atlanta land where the former Alonzo Crim High School now stands, soldiers fired the opening shots in a pivotal battle that helped swing the ...

“There’s still lots of overshot from the siege, if you can find it,” Phil said, from his truck, referring to spent Civil War ammunition, ranging from bullets to cannonballs.

A large crowd of Civil War re-enactors gathered yesterday to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Kennesaw at the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.

In the grand scheme of things, Sturgis’ defeat, now remembered as the Battle of Brices Cross Roads, contributed little to the Confederate cause. Sherman seized Atlanta before the summer of 1864 was ...

The US Civil War, fought from 1861 to 1865, was a defining moment in this nation’s history settling the question of slavery once and for all. It was by far the bloodiest conflict that the United ...