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Beginning with the Great Locomotive Chase and the battle of Chickamauga, to the Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea
| Atlanta Under Sherman | Atlanta Under Sherman Occupied Atlanta was a different town than it had been at any other time. Few Georgians lived there, the police force was from Massachusetts... |
| Battle of Allatoona Pass | Battle of Allatoona Pass Hood's first major battle after the loss of Atlanta left a strong Union fort in place when the Confederates failed to take an important railroad pass |
| Battle of Davis Crossroads | Battle of Davis Crossroads A brief battle in McLemore Cove that presaged the much larger Battle of Chickamauga |
| Battle of Gilgal Church | Battle of Gilgal Church Daniel Butterfield and John Geary strike an entrenched Pat Cleburne just north of Burnt Hickory on Sandtown Road in Cobb County |
| Before Chickamauga | Before Chickamauga As William Rosecrans moves on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, Braxton Bragg decides to commit his entire force to stopping them. |
| Chattahoochee River Line | Chattahoochee River Line Built by Francis Shoup, this line protect Joe Johnston's retreat to Atlanta from the advancing Union forces |
| Chickamauga Campaign | Chickamauga Campaign Covers the movements prior to the battle of Chickamauga. |
| Commanders at Kennesaw Mountain | Commanders at Kennesaw Mountain Overview of the commanders of the Union and Confederates engaged during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain |
| Fighting at Cheatham Hill | Fighting at Cheatham Hill 3 brigades under Confederate Frank Cheatham repulse three Union brigades under Jefferson C. Davis during the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. |
| Names from The Great Locomotive Chase | Names from The Great Locomotive Chase Lists of the men and spies involved in Andrews Raid and the locomotives involved in the event |
| Other pages of interest on About North Georgia About North Georgia Feature Articles | |
| Athen's Double Barrel Cannon | Athen's Double Barrel Cannon Richard Irby tells us about a unique piece of Athens/Clarke County history known as the Double Barrel Cannon |
| Atlanta Premiere of Gone With The Wind | Atlanta Premiere of Gone With The Wind The stars fell in Atlanta in December, 1939 to celebrate a film event unlike anything a southern town had ever seen. |
| Attractions in North Georgia | |
| Atlanta History Center | Atlanta History Center Plan a day to visit this extensive museum that features metro Atlanta history, the Civil War, Bobby Jones and top-notch traveling exhibits. Includes tours of Swan House and the Tullie Smith house. |
| Chickamauga Battlefield | Chickamauga Battlefield Take a journey to the bloodiest two days in American history and visit America's first military park |
| Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park | Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park History of the battle and the creation of the park, to the present-day fight to preserve our heritage. |
| Biographies | |
| Howell Cobb | Howell Cobb Governor of Georgia, Speaker of the U. S. House, Secretary of the Treasury, Candidate for U. S. President |
| Joseph E. Brown | Joseph E. Brown Political leader in Georgia, Governor Joseph E. Brown would become a member of the Bourbon Triumvirate. |
| Mary Edwards Walker | Mary Edwards Walker Medal of Honor Awardee, Surgeon, Spy |
| William S. Rosecrans | William S. Rosecrans Union General in command of the Army of the Cumberland from October, 1862 until October, 1863, when he was relieved following the battle of Chickamauga |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | William Tecumseh Sherman William Tecumseh Sherman was long hated by the people of northwest Georgia for his actions during the Atlanta Campaign. This biography by Wayne Bengston retells his trials and tribulations. |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest | Nathan Bedford Forrest Biography of the Confederate Cavalryman who entered the Civil War a private and left a general. Known for defeating forces superior in number, both Sherman and Grant called him "That Devil." |
| Winfield Scott | Winfield Scott Federal officer in charge of Cherokee Removal, Scott would later devise the Anaconda Plan to defeat the South during the War Between the States |
| John Brown Gordon | John Brown Gordon Biography of the Confederate General and Georgia statesman who was one of the Bourbon Triumvirate |
| John Bell Hood | John Bell Hood Aggressive general who fought under Longstreet at Gettysburg and Chickamauga, promoted to command the Army of Tennessee during the Battle of Atlanta |
| James Longstreet | James Longstreet Biography of Confederate General James Longstreet, who grew up near Gainesville, fought in Virginia and Chickamauga, and spent his later years running the Piedmont Hotel |
| James Birdseye McPherson | James Birdseye McPherson Commander, Army of the Tennessee |
| Braxton Bragg | Braxton Bragg Confederate General who commanded the Army of Mississippi and the Army of Tennessee before resigning after Chattanooga. As Jefferson Davis's chief-of-staff he relieved Joe Johnston and appointed John Bell Hood his replacement |
| George Henry Thomas | George Henry Thomas Commander, Army of the Cumberland, during the Atlanta Campaign |
| The General | The General Famous Locomotive that was chased by the Texas from Kennesaw to Ringgold |
| Francis Stebbins Bartow | Francis Stebbins Bartow Colonel, CSA, died at Bull Run and was posthumously promoted to general |
| Jefferson Davis | Jefferson Davis President of The Confederate States of America |
| Letters | |
| End of the Civil War | End of the Civil War When did the Civil War end? |
| Civil War or War of Northern Aggression | Civil War or War of Northern Aggression Why do you insist on calling the the Civil War the, quote...War of Northern Aggression..unquote?? |
| Difference between the Battle of Atlanta and the Atlanta Campaign | Difference between the Battle of Atlanta and the Atlanta Campaign What is the difference between the Battle of Atlanta and the Atlanta Campaign? |
| North Georgia State Parks | |
| Picketts Mill State Historic Site | Picketts Mill State Historic Site Site of the Battle of Picketts Mill |
| North Georgia Travel | |
| Kennesaw Mountain Park Tour | Kennesaw Mountain Park Tour Driving tour of the battlefield west of Marietta |
| Kennesaw Mountain Battles | Kennesaw Mountain Battles Kolb's Farm and Kennesaw Mountain are the two battlefields partially protected by Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park. |
| Poetry Corner | |
| March to the Sea(poem) | March to the Sea(poem) Herman Melville's story of General Sherman's March to the Sea. |
| The Ballad of Chickamauga | The Ballad of Chickamauga The battle of Chickamauga in a powerful ballad by Maurice Thompson |
| Brothers(poem) | Brothers(poem) A Civil War poem by Wayne Bengston ,Biographer of William T. Sherman, also wrote about the battle of Kennesaw and The Road to Resaca. |
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