History UnderfootAtlanta
  • Chronology
  • Civil War
  • Nov 14, 1864 · day
  • Location approximate

The army gathers at Atlanta

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What happened

'The whole force was moved rapidly and grouped about Atlanta on the 14th of November,' Sherman reported, while the demolition went on among the depots and railroad shops. Since Nov 12 Poe's engineers had been battering down stone and brick buildings; the burning was still to come.

Date
Nov 14, 1864
Time
day
Units
US Right Wing (Howard: XV, XVII), Left Wing (Slocum: XIV, XX)