Culture

Atlanta Was Destroyed to Save the Union

TALES FROM THE TRENCHES
articles/2014/09/01/atlanta-s-fall-foretold-the-end-of-civil-war-bloodshed/140830-wortman-atlanta2-tease_yrkhcy
Library of Congress

Only after the Confederates surrendered Atlanta 150 years ago did Americans know that the Union would be preserved.

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.