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Week 191 Of The War
(Nov. 20th - Nov 26th, 1864)
Monday - Nov. 21, 1864
Tuesday - Nov. 22, 1864
Wednesday - Nov. 23, 1864
  • The main body of Union troops arrive in Milledgeville early in the morning, having spent the previous night on the outskirts to the north of the state capital.
Thursday - Nov. 24, 1864 - Thanksgiving Day
Friday - Nov. 25, 1864
  • Sandersville, GA - Confederate Cavalry under "Fighting Joe" Wheeler attack a Union Cavalry detachment in Sandersville (Washington County).
  • Warehouses and Tennille railroad depot (Washington County) burned. By orders of General Sherman, any town where his troops faced hostility was subject to enforced devastation. Federal troops were ordered to burn buildings in the town and forage the area.
  • Ola Barber's Account
Saturday - Nov. 26, 1864
Battle of Ball's Ferry
  • Washington County Courthouse burned by Union soldiers.
  • Atlanta reoccupied by Confederate forces
Week 192
(Nov. 27th - Dec. 3rd, 1864)
Monday - Nov. 28, 1864
  • Battle of Buck Head Creek - The Confederate and Yankee accounts of this battle are as different as night and day. They can't both be true...
  • Gen. Wheeler's Report
Saturday - Dec. 3, 1864
Week 193
Sunday - Dec. 4, 1864
Tuesday - Dec. 6, 1864
Wednesday - Dec. 7, 1864
Thursday - Dec. 8, 1864
Saturday - Dec. 10, 1864

The Daily Intelligencer returns to Atlanta from Macon

Week 194
Tuesday - Dec. 13, 1864
Tuesday - Dec. 21, 1864
Wednesday - Dec. 21, 1864
  • Sherman captures Savannah, GA
 

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Week 191 Of The War
(Nov. 20th - Nov 26th, 1864)
Monday - Nov. 21, 1864
Tuesday - Nov. 22, 1864
Wednesday - Nov. 23, 1864
  • The main body of Union troops arrive in Milledgeville early in the morning, having spent the previous night on the outskirts to the north of the state capital.
Thursday - Nov. 24, 1864 - Thanksgiving Day
Friday - Nov. 25, 1864
  • Sandersville, GA - Confederate Cavalry under "Fighting Joe" Wheeler attack a Union Cavalry detachment in Sandersville (Washington County).
  • Warehouses and Tennille railroad depot (Washington County) burned. By orders of General Sherman, any town where his troops faced hostility was subject to enforced devastation. Federal troops were ordered to burn buildings in the town and forage the area.
  • Ola Barber's Account
Saturday - Nov. 26, 1864
Battle of Ball's Ferry
  • Washington County Courthouse burned by Union soldiers.
  • Atlanta reoccupied by Confederate forces
Week 192
(Nov. 27th - Dec. 3rd, 1864)
Monday - Nov. 28, 1864
  • Battle of Buck Head Creek - The Confederate and Yankee accounts of this battle are as different as night and day. They can't both be true...
  • Gen. Wheeler's Report
Saturday - Dec. 3, 1864
Week 193
Sunday - Dec. 4, 1864
Tuesday - Dec. 6, 1864
Wednesday - Dec. 7, 1864
Thursday - Dec. 8, 1864
Saturday - Dec. 10, 1864

The Daily Intelligencer returns to Atlanta from Macon

Week 194
Tuesday - Dec. 13, 1864
Tuesday - Dec. 21, 1864
Wednesday - Dec. 21, 1864
  • Sherman captures Savannah, GA
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