Collection: Civil War Collection / Creator: Buzzett, Isabell Smith / Format: Text / Subject - Topics: Atlanta Campaign, 1864 - Emory Digital Collections Search Results

Start Over Collection Civil War Collection Creator Buzzett, Isabell Smith Format Text Subject - Topics Atlanta Campaign, 1864

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Narrative by Isabell Smith Buzzett, "Five Churches Sherman Didn't Burn." Buzzett describes the actions taken by a priest, Father Thomas O'Reilly in an effort to save five of Atlanta's prominent churches from destruction by General Sherman during the destruction of Atlanta in 1864. O'Reilly's pastorate, the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, was saved, as were the Second Baptist, Second (Central) Presbyterian, St. Philip's Episcopal, and Trinity Methodist Churches (typescript)

Creator:: Buzzett, Isabell Smith
Date:: 1972
Format:: Text
Access:: Public