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Georgians appear on the roster of Franklin's distin- guished residents, among the number: Col. McMillan, Dr. McEntire, R. D. Yow, Win. Bowers, Thomas Morris, John Freeman, W. R. Little, Dr. H. D. Adderhold, Lewis Dortch, and others. Dr. Adderhold recently died at the advanced age of ninety-two years.
On August 10, 1910, one of the handsomest monu- ments in the State outside of the large centers of popula- tion was unveiled by the Millican Chapter, U. D. C., on the court-house square, in Carnesville. Carved in Italy of the finest quality of stone, the figure on the massive pedestal is a work of art. It represents a private soldier, musket in hand, ready to obey orders. The inscriptions on the monument are as follows :
South: In memory of the Franklin County Veterans, from the Millican Chapter, U. D. C., August 10, 1910. North: This we raise a loving tribute to the past, present, and future.
West: To our Confederate soldiers.
It is estimated that fully 6,000 people witnessed the impressive ceremonies. Prof. J. W. Landrum, County School Commissioner of Franklin, in a happy speech of introduction, presented the orator of the day, Mr. Lucian Lamar Knight, of Atlanta, whose tribute was followed by an address from Mrs. Helen D. Longstreet, widow of the great Confederate hero. The officers of the local chapter, at the time of the unveiling, were: Mrs. B. T. Smith, president; Mrs. Alice Mckenzie, vice-president ; Miss Emma Manley, historian; Miss Belle Carmichael, secretary ; and Miss Elizabeth Conger, treasurer.
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Original Settlers. According to White, the original set- tlers of Franklin were: Peter William- son, Joseph Humphries, John Payne, Thomas Payne, L. Cleveland, N. Cleveland, John Gorham, William Harden, John Smith, Benjamin Watson, Colonel James H. Little, John Stonecypher, Clement Wilkins, Samuel Sewell, Thompson Epperson, William Spears, William Black- well, Russell Jones, Daniel Bush, Mr. Gilbert, George Rucker, John Norris, Captain James Terrell, Henry Smith, S. Shannon, James Hooper, Peter Waters, Josialı Stovall, George Stovall, Joseph Chandler, James Blair and others.
Jacob Albright was also an early settler of Franklin. His son Oswald ran away from home to enlist in the Indian wars.
The wholesome climate of this elevated region is attested by the large number of people who have attained to old age in Franklin. White records the following in- stances of longevity among the early settlers: Mr. Hale, 117; John Watson and his wife, both 90; Thomas Clarke, 90; William Spears, 110; Henry Parks, 100; Elisha Dyer and his wife, 93; Samuel Mackay, 100; Jesse Marshall, 97; John Stonecypher, 96; David Guess, 90; Mr. Shannon, 83; A. Saunders, 85; Colonel James H. Little, 83; Joseph Parker, 85; John Pearce, 85; Samuel Daily, 85.
FULTON
Created by Legislative Act, December 20, 1853, from DeKalb County. Named for the celebrated inventor, Robert Fulton, whose pioneer steam. boat, the Clearmont, first plowed the waters of the Hudson, in 1807. But long before the date of this spectacular voyage, the records show that a Georgian, William Longstreet, of Augusta, was successfully applying steam to navigation on the Savannah River. (See Richmond County). John Fitch, on the Delaware, and James Ramsey, on the Ohio, also fore- stalled the experiments of Fulton with some degree of success; but the shrewd New Yorker was the first to secure patent rights. Atlanta, the county-seat of Fulton, became the State capital of Georgia in 1867. The origin of the name has been 'a prolific source of controversy for a number of years.
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Atlanta: The Situated on the foot-hills of the Blue Offspring of Railways. Ridge at a point seven miles to the east of the Chattahoochee River, a stream which at this point is not open to navigation, Atlanta is an inland city in the most restricted sense of the term. But the high elevation of the town-1100 feet above the level of the sea-its fine natural drainage and its splendid climate, have supplied compensating assets. Such a thing as an epidemic has never been known in Atlanta, though her gates have always been opened to refugees from less favored latitudes. The gentle ridges on which the town is built form a watershed between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico; and there are not a few lots so located that when it rains the water falling in the front yard is destined to reach the Gulf, while the water falling in the rear is carried through a labyrinth of streams to an outlet on the Atlantic Ocean, in the harbor at Darien. However, the chief factors in Atlanta's phenomenal growth are the railway lines which converge at her civic center, there forming a web of steel, from the bi-focal points of which they radiate in every direction.
Georgia was one of the first States of the Union to grasp the possibilities of the Iron Horse. As early as 1833, the Central Railroad was chartered by the Legis- lature; while at the same time two other lines were authorized : the Monroe and the Georgia. To connect these with the interior of the continent, the State of Geor- gia herself, in a great convention held at Macon, decided to construct a line running northward, through the newly acquired country of the Cherokees; and, accordingly, on December 21, 1836, an act of the Legislature was duly approved by Governor Schley, authorizing a line to be surveyed from the Tennessee River, at Chattanooga, to the southwestern bank of the Chattahoochee River, at a point best suited for running branch lines to varions
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towns within the State. The survey of the proposed route was made in 1837 by Stephen H. Long, the engineer in chief. Finding no point on either Bank of the river suited to the purpose, Mr. Long located the Terminus. terminus of the proposed line at a point seven miles to the east of the stream. But with respect to the possibilities of the site he was always a skeptic. Not a dollar of his own money went to purchase a lot; nor did he advise any of his friends to buy. How- ever, there was a great political seer who, tarrying at the place one day, observed the topography of the landscape and predicted for the young village a future of wonderful growth. It was an instance of far-sightedness in keeping with the character of the illustrious statesman, who was none other than John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina. The earliest name given to the pioneer settlement which arose in the virgin forest at this point was Terminus; and the first settler to brave the solitude of the wilderness was Hardy Ivy, who purchased a tract of land on which he built a shanty, in 1836, before the town was surveyed. To the memory of this pioneer citizen one of the principal streets of the village was afterwards named. Another very early resident was John Thrasher, whose genial and open manner of address earned him the sobriquet of "Cousin John," but he was not cast in the molds of the old patriarch Job and losing patience he removed to Griffin. The only building of two stories in the place for quite a while was the wooden structure in which the chief- engineer's office was located. Here in the capacity of a bookkeeper, then unknown to fame, was a young man of slender figure but of intellectual cast of features, destined to become the Chief-Justice of Georgia and to give his name to one of the great counties of the Commonwealth : Judge Logan E. Bleckley.
At first the growth of the settlement was slow. But with the progress of work on the various lines which were
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then creeping slowly toward the foothills, to meet a line from Chattanooga, it became evident to many that some day a metropolis was destined to occupy this im- portant strategic site. By 1842, the work of building the State road was completed to Marietta. At this stage it was necessary to test the track. Accordingly an engine, drawn by sixteen mules, was brought across the country. from Madison, sixty miles distant, to Terminus, where it was placed upon the new iron rails. Hundreds of the hill people flocked to Atlanta to witness the novel experi- ment; and, with William F. Adair at the throttle, the initial trip was successfully made. The effect was pro- nounced. There seemed to be an impartation of electrical energy to the population. It was the first distinct sign of what in after years was called "the Atlanta spirit." Scores of people flocked to the village, stores multiplied, churches arose, and finally, in 1843, the Marthasville. old name was discarded for Marthasville. Hon. Wilson Lumpkin, an ex-Governor of the State, was at this time one of the commissioners appointed to supervise the building of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. In co-operation with Charles F. M. Garnett, chief-engineer, he made a re-survey of the land and, after fixing a site for the depot, negotiated with the owner, Mr. Samuel Mitchell, for enough property to afford terminal facilities. The latter deeded to the State five acres of ground, for which he refused to accept com- pensation, an act of generosity today memorialized in the street which bears his name. Several land lots, at the same time, were laid off, and one of these, at the corner of Peachtree and Decatur, was purchased by George W. ('ollier, who held it until his death more than fifty years later. The prominent part taken by Governor Lumpkin, in laying off the young town, created a sentiment in favor of naming the town for him; but he discouraged the movement. Nevertheless, it was named for his youngest daughter, Martha.
The year 1844 was signalized by the coming of Jona- than Norcross, a native of New England. He built the
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first planing mill, a crude affair in which the motive power was furnished by a blind mule, but it marked the begin- ning of the future metropolis. When a post-offce was established, the duty of handling the mail fell to George W. Collier, who lived on the out-skirts of the town. De- clining to sell any of the property which he subsequently acquired, Mr. Collier awaited developments. He built the Aragon Hotel to control the drift of population north- ward, and died the owner of property worth millions. One of the original Collier land lots has since been con- verted into the beautiful residential area known as Ansley Park.
Some of the profits made in real estate by far sighted investors shrewd enough to read the leaves of the sibyls at this early day sound like the yarns of Sinbad the Sailor but they possess the literalism of truth. In the beginning tracts of land were purchased for old shot-guns which were afterwards worth a King's ransom. But prices were soon advanced. The arrival of the Georgia Railroad in 1845 contributed to this end. It was another energizing factor in the growth of the town. On board the train was Hon. J. P. King, of Augusta, a pioneer in railway build- ing, afterwards United States Senator from Georgia. The conductor on the train was George W. Adair, a man des- tined to become identified for half a century with the material development of the town. It is quite an amusing episode in the life of Colonel Adair, who exemplified the typical virtues of the Scotch-Irishman, that when the use of tickets was introduced on the Georgia Railroad, he considered it an imputation upon his integrity and refused to pull the bell cord any longer. In 1846, the line from Macon was completed and the young town be- came the converging centre of three separate lines of rail- way, each in itself an important asset.
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Atlanta's With metropolitan prospects looming ahead Early Days. another name was needed to meet the de- mands of the growing community; and, on December 29, 1847 an act was passed by the Legislature incorporating the "City of Atlanta." The next year, ¡ George W. Collier lost his official head as postmaster. He was an avowed Democrat. Consequently with the election of the Whig candidate for President, General Taylor, he was forced to retire. His successor was Jonas S. Smith, a merchant, who held the office for two years, resigning it in 1851 to Dr. George G. Smith, a physician, whose son of the same name, afterwards the distinguish- ed historian and minister, became his clerk. The post- office was then in the little angle made by the intersec- tion of what is now Edgewood avenue with Decatur street, and it paid a salary of $600. The first charter of Atlanta was drawn by Judge John Collier. The first house of religious worship in the town stood at the corner of Houston and Peachtree streets, in the neighborhood of what is now the Candler building, and was used as a day school during the week. Rev. John S. Wilson D. D., after- wards pastor of the First Presbyterian church, preached the earliest sermon to which the villagers listened, but the little building was not the property of any one parti- cular denomination. The first mayor of Atlanta was Moses W. Formwalt .*
Origin of the Name. Concerning the origin of the name "Atlanta" there is quite a diver- gence of opinion. Some derive it from the middle name of Martha Lumpkin. Others trace it to the heathen god- dess who was fleet of foot. In fact there is quite a litera- ture on the subject. But after carefully sifting the evi- dence, gathered from various sources, the facts seem to be these: In 1845, when the Georgia Railroad was first
* Wallace P. Reed, in History of Atlanta; E. Y. Clarke in Illustrated History of Atlanta, and Thomas H. Martin in Atlanta and Its Builders.
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completed to Atlanta, Mr. Richard Peters, one of the earliest pioneers and one of the most substantial citizens of the town, approached Mr. J. Edgar Thompson, the chief engineer of the new road, requesting him to suggest a substitute for the name of Marthasville. His objection to the name was that it took too long to pronounce it; but the desire for a change was quite general, due to one reason or another, some contending that it was too sug- gestive of village ways. Mr. Thompson promised to give the matter thought. In the course of time several letters were exchanged upon the subject, but at last the problem was happily solved by the following paragraph :
"Eureka !" wrote Mr. Thompson. "I have found it! Atlantic, masculine; Atlanta, feminine-a coined word, but well adapted."
It caught the fancy of the whole town. At once the citizens began to use it, and, long before it was confer- red by charter from the Legislature, it was applied to the depot. Mr. Peters, when still in vigorous health, was asked in 1887, to reduce to writing his recollection of the circumstances under which Atlanta was named, and he cited the foregoing particulars.
There is no doubt that the nickname of Martha Lump- kin was Atalanta. It is also quite likely that Mr. Thomp- son, who was an educated man, possessed some knowledge of Greek mythology; but the probabilities are that the process by which he arrived at the derivation of the word was wholly disconnected from either of these sources. He simply coined it from the word Atlantic. The railway enterprise of the time was to connect the uplands with the Atlantic seaboard; and, moreover, the young town was a terminal point of the Western and Atlantic Rail- road. So the elements which entered into the naming of Atlanta are doubtless all here in solution. Martha Lump- kin, now Mrs. Compton, is still living, 1912, at the old Lumpkin homestead, on the outskirts of Athens. Her life has been wonderfully preserved; and, though verging upon the century mark, she is an active old lady,
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with eyes still bright. Long ago she expressed a desire to be buried in Atlanta, and when the end comes she will be laid to rest in Oakland cemetery, where a place has been reserved for her in the shadow of the Confederate monument .*
"Peachtree": How the Name Originated.
Volume II.
Pioneer Residents.
In the following carefully prepared
list will be found the names of some
of the most prominent residents of Atlanta prior to the Civil War:
Abbott, B. F.
Berkele, John
Berry, Maxwell R.
Abbott, W. L. Abbott, Lewis Adair, A. D.
Biggers, Dr. Stephen T.
Bleckley, Judge Logan E.
Adair, George W.
Bomar, Dr. B. F.
Adair, W. F.
Boring, Dr. John M.
Alexander, Aaron
Bosworth, Josiah
Alexander, Dr. James F.
Boyd, Hugh M.
Alexander, Joseph A.
Boyd, J. F.
Alexander, Julius M.
Boyd, Thomas J.
Andrews, Ezra
Brady, A. J.
Angier, Dr. N. L.
Brady, Isaac
Austell, Gen. Alfred.
Bridwell, J. W.
Bailey, John Baker, Rev. Joseph
Bullard, R. W.
Baldwin, Wm. W.
Buell, Willis
Ballard, James M.
Butt, William M.
Barnes, James
Calhoun, Dr. E. N.
Barnes, Joseph
Calhoun, James M.
Barnes, Wm.
· Calhoun, Wm. L.
Bartlett, Isaac
Carlisle, Willis
Bartlett, Myron
Carr, Robert
Bell, Marcus A.
Chapman, W. B.
Bennett, B. F.
Chisholm, Willis,
* Richard Peters: His Ancestors and Descendants, by Nellie Peters Black; also Wallace P. Reed, E. Y. Clarke and T. H. Martin, in historical works heretofore mentioned.
Bridwell, Sion
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Chisholm, A. G.
Foreacre, G. J.
Clapp, Joseph B.
Formwalt, Moses
Clarke, James
Forsyth, A. B.
Clarke, E. V. Clarke, Lewis H.
Fowler, Noah R.
Clarke, Robert M.
Fuller, Wm. A.
Clarke, Thomas M.
Gannon, L. V.
Collier, George W.
Gatins, John
Collier, Judge John
Gatins, Joseph
Collins, James
Gartrell, Gen. Lucius J.
Gibbs, Dr. Thomas F.
Cone, Reuben
Gilbert, Dr. Joshua
Conley, Abner
Glen, John
Corrigan, Michael
Glenn, Luther .J.
Cozart, H. W.
Goodall, Solomon
Craven, Rev. I. N.
Grant, Lemuel P.
Crawford, Wm.
Griffin, Dr. Eli
Crew, James R.
Grubb, Thomas F.
Crockett, David
Gullatt, Henry
Crusselle, Thomas G.
Crusselle, Thomas E. W.
Haas, Sol
Dabney, Wm. H.
Hammond, N. J.
D'Alvigny, Dr. Noel
D'Alvigny, Dr. Charles
Hanleiter, Cornelius k.
Hanleiter, Wilham R.
Davis, Rev. L. B.
Hape, Dr. Samuel
Doane, James T.
Hardin, P. M.
Doane, John A.
Harding, Dr. W. P.
Doonan, Terrence
Harp, W. A.
Dougherty, David H.
Harris, James O.
Dunning, James L.
Harris, Judge John L.
Dunning, Volney
Hayden, Julius L.
Durham, Dr. W. B.
Haygood, Green B.
Eddleman, F. M.
Haygood, Rev. F. M
Emmel, Jacob
Haynes, Augustus'
Elyea, Charles
IIaynes, Reuben
Erskine, William
Healey, Thomas G.
Everett, William S.
Herring, William
Ezzard, Judge Wm.
Hendrix, John C.
Farrar, Jesse
Hodge, P. M.
Farrar, Robert M.
Holcomb, Henry C.
Fernenden, Dr. W. H.
Holland, E. W.
Ficken, John
Hook, Rev. Daniel, D. D.
Fleming, Thos. P.
Hornady, Rev. H. C.
Flynn, John H.
House, Paschal
Currier, Henry L.
Hammond, Amos W.
Haney, Thomas
Daniel, Rev. David G.
Gullatt, James
Collins, James D.
Forsyth, W. G.
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Houston, Oswald Houston, W. J.
Howell, Clark, Sr. Howell, Albert
Lloyd, John
Howell, Evan P.
Lin, R. H.
Howell, Singleton G.
Logan, Prof. J. H.
Hoyt, Judge S. B. Hubbard, W. L. Hulsey, Eli J. Hulsey, Wm. H.
Lovejoy, Burt
Lowry, Wm. M.
Humphries, Charner
Lowry, Robt. J.
Hunnicutt, C. W.
Luckie, A. F.
Hunnicutt, E. T.
Lynch, John
Inman, W. P.
Lynch, James
Lynch, Michael
Lynch, Peter
McArhor, Thomas W.
McConnell, Wm.
McDaniel, L. O.
McDaniel, P. E.
McLendon, Nicholas W.
McNaught, Wm.
McPherson, James
Maddox, Robert F.
Mangum, Nat
Mangum, Robert
Mangum, Wheeler
Mangum, William
Manning, Jethro
Markham, William
Martin, Dr. F. J.
Massey, Dr. R. J. Mayer, David
Mecaslin, J. H.
Mims, John F.
Mitchell, A. W.
Mitchell, Samuel
Montgomery, James
Morris, Levi Murphy, Anthony
Murphy, Timothy C. Nelson, Allison Nichols, Wm. P.
Norcross, Jonathan O'Keefe, Dr. D. C. Oliver, J. S.
Ivy, Hardy Ivy, Henry P. Ivy, M. J. Ivy, Socrates
Jack, F. M. Jack, Geo. W. Jack, W. F. James, John H. Johnson, Allen E. Jones, A. W. Jones, E. R. Jones, Dr. B. O.
Jones, Dr. W. B. Jones, Oliver H. Karwisch, Henry Kay, Wm. Keely, John Kelsey, Joel Kelsey, Wm. Kicklighter, F. J. Kicklighter, Wm. Kidd, Wm. Kile, Richard Kile, Thomas Kile, Wm. Kontz, Christian Krouse, Harry Kuhrt, Henry, Sr. Langston, Jeptha Lawshe, Er Lawshe, Lewis Lester, German L.
Leyden, Austin Lloyd, James Lloyd, James, Jr.
Logan, Dr. J. P. Lovejoy, J. H.
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Orme, F. C.
Ryan, Frank T.
Orme, A. J.
Seago, A. K.
Orme, Wm. P.
Seago, E. M.
Ormond, W. L.
Seals, A. B.
Overby, B. H.
Seals, John H.
Parr, C. D.
Shaw, Augustus
Parr, L. J.
Shaw, George
Parsons, Edward
Shaw, Wm.
Payne, Edward
Shearer, Wm.
Payne, Columbus M.
Sheehan, Cornelius
Pease, O. O.
Sheridan, Thomas
Peck, John B.
Shivers, Thomas
Peck, John C.
Silvey, Rev. D. H.
Peck, Willis
Silvey, John
Peters, Richard
Simpson, L. C.
Peters, Wm. G.
Sisson, V. P.
Peterson, J. S.
Sloan, D. N.
Pilgrim, O. A.
Smith, J. Henley
Pilgrim, Isaac B.
Smith, Jonas S.
Pittman, Daniel
Smith, George G.
Powell, Dr. Chapman
Stone, A. W.
Powell, Dr. Thos. S.
Strong, Cicero H.
Ramsey, Dr. J. A.
Talley, A. S.
Rawson, E. E.
Tanner, J. B.
Rawson, W. A.
Tanner, W. J.
Reed, Thomas
Taylor, Dr. J. A.
Reneau, Jesse
Terry, Stephen Terry, George W.
Rhodes, Wm.
Thomas, Dr. A. G.
Rice, Frank P.
Thompson, Dr. Joseph
Rice, Z. A.
Thornton, Simeon W.
Richards, J. J.
Thurmond, W. H.
Richards, S. P.
Toon, J. J.
Richards, Wm. G.
Toy, James M.
Ripley, Thomas R.
Trout, John F.
Richardson, F. M.
Venable, W. R.
Roach, Dr. E. J.
Walker, B. F.
Roark, W. W.
Walker, E. B.
Rodes, C. C.
Wallace, Alex. M.
Rogers, John C.
Wallace, John R.
Root, Sidney
Walton, A. W.
Royal, Wm. H.
Walton, Lee
Rucker, J. W.
Ware, A. G.
Ruggles, W. B.
Warlick, M.
Rushton, William
Werner, E. A.
Rushton, Robert E.
Westmoreland, Dr. John G.
Reneau, Russell
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Westmoreland, Dr. W. F.
Wilson, Wm. T.
Whitaker, Jared I.
Wilson, Dr. John S.
Williams, Ami
Winship, Joseph
Williams, James E.
Winship, George
Williamson, Robt. W.
Winship, Robert
Williford, B. F.
Wood, Winston
Wilson, Prof. A. N.
Woodruff, John W.
Wilson, Henry L.
Wright, U. L.
Wilson, John T.
Yarbrough, Joel.
There are several patriots of '76 buried in the neigh- borhood of Georgia's capital. The grave of Isaac Howell has been located on the Chattahoochee River. Some- where in the upper part of the county lie John Marcom- son and John Gibson, in graves from which the markers have long since disappeared; and there may be a number of others who received land-grants in this locality when the region around Atlanta was embraced in the old limits of Henry.
The Fight Between Mr. Stephens and Judge Cone in the Old Atlanta Hotel.
Volume II. .
"Gate City": When the Sobriquet was First Applied. Volume II.
Atlanta During At the outbreak of hostilities in 1861 the
the Civil War. population of the future capital of the State numbered some fifteen thousand souls. With the advent of another railroad, the Atlanta and West Point, the town at this time possessed four con- verging lines, and was already quite an important com- mercial market. The sentiment in favor of secession, however, was strong and the delegates from Fulton to the
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State Convention at Milledgeville, voted for the ordi- nance of Judge Nisbet. These were Dr. James F. Alex- ander, Dr. J. P. Logan and Colonel Luther J. Glenn-all residents of Atlanta. The Gate City Guards left immed- iately for the front, when war was declared and several other companies were promptly organized. Among the earliest victims of the struggle were Colonel William T. Wilson, who fell on the field of Manassas, August 30, 1861, and Colonel Thomas L. Cooper, who was thrown from his horse, near the same locality, on December 24, 1861, soon after arriving in Virginia. The strategic importance of Atlanta was recognized early in the pro- gress of hostilities. On account of its commanding posi- tion, it became one of the military centers and supply depots of the Confederacy : a citadel of strength. The manufacture of war implements and munitions was here conducted upon the most extensive scale.
In 1862, the city passed under martial law and be- came at once the headquarters of Confederate Quarter- masters and Commissaries. Several hotels, the Medical College, the Female Institute, and various other build- ings, were converted into hospitals, where, from time to time, it is estimated that fully 75,000 Confederate, sick and wounded, were placed under treatment. These dif- ferent enterprises required a large force of men and a heavy expenditures of money, the effect of which was to stimulate trade; and, due to the exigencies of the times, there was a constant influx of population to recoup the Iosses. But the elements of power which she possessed exposed her to the dangers which wrought her down-fall. In the Federal army there was a man of blood and iron whose gaze was riveted upon her. With the trained eye of the soldier he perceived that she held the key to the situation, and with the compression of his lips her fate was sealed. His name was William Tecumseh Sherman .*
* E. Y. Clarke in Illustrated History of Atlanta; Joseph T. Derry in Story of the Confederate States; Wallace P. Reed, Thomas H. Martin, etc.
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The Battle of the 22d of July, 1864. Incidents of the Siege.
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