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Day 2
Professor from Virginia, The
Thomas J. Jackson at VMI		 "For Us the Living"
exhibit by Mort Künstler
Civil War, Day by Day
The South lost a major stronghold when Atlanta surrendered to the Union on September 2, 1864. After several pitched battles, the Confederates knew defeat was inevitable. General William T. Sherman had seized all of Atlanta’s railroads, cutting off the main supply lines for Confederate General John Hood.
This Day in History
General “Opie” Dies
 

 
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