Atlanta - Union Soldiers Leave a Burning City
This illustration - from Harper's Weekly - depicts Union soldiers (from the Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps) leaving Atlanta on the 15th of November, 1864. Note the flames, engulfing the city, on the left side of the drawing. Click on the image for a better view.
CreditsIllustration from the January 7, 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly, online courtesy U.S. Library of Congress. The drawing's caption reads: "THE FOURTEENTH AND TWENTIETH CORPS MOVING OUT OF ATLANTA, NOVEMBER 15, 1864."
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