Osprey: Atlanta 1864 [2016] paperback ZAUDI In Here Comes the Clown

In Here Comes the Clown

Kristen Bailey and Beth O'Leary

These patrol officers and K9 handlers

Make the most of a quick trip to Washington

Osprey: Atlanta 1864 [2016] paperback ZAUDI In Here Comes the ClownOn September 3, 1864, Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman telegraphed the War Department in Washington, D. C., "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won." The capture of the heart of the south the day before was the end of a fiercely fought four month campaign in the Western Theater of the Civil War and caused jubilation throughout the North. More importantly for the Union cause, it propelled President Abraham Lincoln to reelection two months later.