It was the only sizable assault upon infantry and artillery behind breastworks successfully made by either side during the Atlanta campaign.

While the final combat of the campaign was being worked out at Jonesborough, Thomas, on Sherman's instructions, ordered Slocum, now commanding the Twentieth Corps, to make an effort to occupy Atlanta if he could do so without exposing his bridgehead to a counterattack.

That night a note written in Slocum's hand and dated from inside the captured city came to Sherman stating that the Twentieth Corps was in possession of Atlanta.

Actually the Atlanta campaign was a military failure.

Sherman proved that a railway base could be movable and the most brilliant feature of the Atlanta campaign was the rapid repair of the tracks.

Its climactic role was to pursue and demoralize a defeated enemy but this chance never came in the Atlanta campaign.

Heat during the Atlanta campaign, coupled with unsuitable clothing, caused individual irritation that was compounded by a lack of opportunity to bathe and shift into clean clothing.

But I was deeply moved by his letter of resignation as rector of St. Luke's Church in Atlanta.

He was sure that he could do better if he went to Atlanta to get the deal financed.

After correspondence with Miss Packard and to the joy of Miss Packard and Miss Giles, she came to Atlanta, in the fall of 1888, to help wherever needed, although there was then no money available to pay her a salary.

The jury further said in term-end presentments that the City Executive Committee, which had over-all charge of the election, `` deserves the praise and thanks of the City of Atlanta '' for the manner in which the election was conducted.

He was a member of the Oakland City Methodist Church and a native of Atlanta.

A 24-year-old Atlanta man was arrested Sunday after breaking into the home of relatives in search of his wife, hitting his uncle with a rock and assaulting two police officers who tried to subdue him, police said.

Over the weekend, Mrs. Self, personnel clerk, was a feted and honored guest of the Atlanta Club, organization of women employes at City Hall.

Sherman's capture of Atlanta in September and David Farragut's capture of Mobile ended defeatist jitters ; the Democratic Party was deeply split, with some leaders and most soldiers openly for Lincoln.

Following the formation of baseball's first professional organization, the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, which became known as the National Association, the Association, or NA, in 1871, Spalding joined the Boston Red Stockings ( precursor club to the modern Atlanta Braves ) and was highly successful ; winning 206 games ( and losing only 53 ) as a pitcher and batting. 323 as a hitter.

In 1965, after a stadium ( Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium ), was built, the city of Atlanta felt the time was right to start pursuing professional football.

NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle, who had been moving slowly in Atlanta matters, was spurred by the AFL interest and headed on the next plane down to Atlanta to block the rival league's claim on the city of Atlanta.

Sanders was also famous for playing on major league baseball teams ( the New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves ) while simultaneously playing in the NFL.

On December 10, 2007, Vick received a 23-month prison sentence and was officially cut from the Atlanta roster.

The first half was a defensive struggle, with the first points coming off of a safety by the Falcons, giving Atlanta a 2-0 lead.

Atlanta ’ s tree coverage does not go unnoticed — it was the main reason cited by ‘‘ National Geographic ’’ in naming Atlanta a " Place of a Lifetime.

The Atlanta expansion franchise became the 15th NFL franchise, and they were awarded the first pick in the 1966 NFL Draft as well as the final pick in each of the first five rounds.

However, the problem is being addressed by community organizations and city government: Trees Atlanta, a non-profit organization founded in 1985, has planted and distributed over 75, 000 shade trees in the city, while Atlanta ’ s government has awarded $ 130, 000 in grants to neighborhood groups to plant trees.

When Atlanta reneged, the American Football League awarded an expansion team franchise to lawyer Joseph Robbie and actor Danny Thomas for $ 7. 5 million.

* The Ivan Allen Jr. Prize for Social Courage is a prize awarded by Georgia Institute of Technology to individuals who uphold the legacy of former Atlanta Mayor Ivan Allen Jr., whose actions in Atlanta, Georgia and testimony before congress in support of the 1963 Civil Rights Bill legislation set a standard for courage during the turbulent civil rights era of the 1960s.

In October 2007 the WNBA awarded another expansion franchise to Atlanta.

A second expansion franchise was awarded to Atlanta ( the Flames ) at the same time to balance the schedule.

A total of 1577 medals were awarded during the Atlanta games: 518 gold, 517 silver, and 542 bronze.

The city was then awarded the game during a May 1999 meeting at Atlanta.

Mabus has been awarded the U. S. Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Award, the U. S. Army ’ s Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the Martin Luther King Social Responsibility Award from the King Center in Atlanta, the National Wildlife Federation Conservation Achievement Award, the King Abdul Aziz Award from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Mississippi Association of Educators ’ Friend of Education Award.

Bennett also was awarded the Naismith Award by the Atlanta Tip of Club.

He was awarded the 2007 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, given annually in the United States to the nation's most outstanding senior quarterback in college football and was selected third in the 2008 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons, making him the highest-chosen BC player in NFL Draft history.

In early 2007, the General Manager awarded a new design contract on the new international terminal to Atlanta Gateway Designers ( AGD ).

On June 6, 2011, Atlanta City Council awarded a contract to the joint venture of Holder / Moody / Bryson to renovate and expand Concourse D. There will be of space added, two new escalators between the main level and the Transportation Mall, three new elevators between the second and third levels, and there will be both expanded and new food, beverage and retail outlets.

Benefit concerts were held in Denver ; New York ; Atlanta ; and Washington, D. C., to help defray his medical expenses ; and the government of Trinidad and Tobago, where he was born, awarded him a grant of $ 1, 000 a month for the same purpose.

The Atlanta franchise was awarded to Tom Cousins, who also owned the Atlanta Hawks basketball team, and would play out of the Omni Coliseum.

In 1999, the Broncos repeated this feat and Elway was awarded the MVP of Super Bowl XXXIII, throwing for 336 yards and one touchdown with one interception, while also scoring a rushing touchdown in Denver's 34 – 19 win over the Atlanta Falcons.

In Beijing in 2008 Tani, who had not been beaten in a major international competition since the Atlanta Games in 1996, saw her hopes of a third-straight gold evaporate when judges awarded penalty points to Romania's Alina Dumitru after both competitors failed to show much aggression.

His father, William Hall Macy, Sr., was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal for flying a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber in World War II ; he later ran a construction company in Atlanta and worked for Dun & Bradstreet, before taking over a Cumberland, Maryland-based insurance agency, when Macy was nine years old.

A jury sided with her and awarded her back pay of $ 224, 000 and nearly $ 3. 3 million in punitive damages, but the company appealed, arguing she filed her claim too late, and it won a reversal from a U. S. appeals court in Atlanta.

These include certificates of recognition from several governmental bodies in the United States-including Honorary Citizenship awarded by The State of Georgia and city of Atlanta.

Atlanta businessman William R. " Bill " Putnam was awarded an expansion franchise for Birmingham in the upstart World Football League and secured a lease to play at Legion Field.