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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

2.
Letter from Levi Willard (Springfield, Ohio) to Milton A. Candler, responding to inaccuracies in Jacob D. Cox's history of the Atlanta Campaign - August 31, 1882

Creator:: Willard, Levi
Date:: August 31, 1882
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

3.
11-page diary of Union private Charles D. Gammon from May 3 to September 7, 1864 during the Atlanta Campaign. Gammon was a member of the 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment, Company M. Very brief day-to-day account of time of moving from one position to another, of amount of firing and by whom, names of killed and wounded, number of "rounds" fired, various actions of both sides, such as building of fortifications and bridges, foraging activities, and state of the weather (typescript)

Creator:: Gammon, Charles D.
Date:: 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

4.
Diary written by John S. Lightfoot. Lightfoot served in the 45th Alabama Infantry Regiment. The diary documents events during the Atlanta campaign - May 7 - December 1, 1864 (typescript)

Creator:: Lightfoot, John S.
Date:: 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

5.
Four-page diary in the form of a Letter written by Kyle [Kiles]. Kiles served in Company F of the 32nd Mississippi Infantry Regiment. The entries describe his Company's movements while retreating from Tennessee toward Atlanta - July 14, 1864

Creator:: Kyle [Kiles]
Date:: July 14, 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

6.
Letter from Bear Slagle (Atlanta, Georgia) to "Dear Uncle." Slagle talks of the Atlanta Campaign and the working of the draft - September 12, 1864 (photocopy)

Creator:: Slagle, Bear
Date:: September 12, 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

7.
Letter from Fred Hill (in the line of battle [Atlanta Campaign]) to "Dear Pa" - July 10, 1864

Creator:: Hill, Fred
Date:: July 10, 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

8.
letter from Henry Townsend (Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, Near Atlanta, Georgia), to "Friend Maria" - August 16, 1864 (photocopy)

Date:: August 16, 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

9.
letter from Henry Townsend (Headquarters, 3rd Brigade, Near Atlanta, Georgia), to "Friend Maria" - August 16, 1864 (photocopy)

Date:: August 16, 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public

10.
Letter from J. W. Williamson (in line of battle near Atlanta) to "Miss Armittie Williams" - August 1, 1864

Creator:: Williamson, J. W.
Date:: 1864
Format:: Text
Access:: Public