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This map provides a visual representation and mapping of the path General Sherman and his Union forces took across Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah during 1864 as part of the Civil War.

Map of the city of Savannah in 1856.

Article on people who paved the way for integration at Georgia State University

View of Antoine Graves Homes atrium, looking southeast from the top floor

Atlanta in 1907, Peach Tree Street and surrounding buildings. The large buildings of the inner city tangibly symbolize Atlanta's population and economic development after the Civil War.

The atmosphere surrounding the first African American students entering a predominately white school.

Digitized version of former University of Georgia registrar Thomas Walter Reed's unpublished manuscript on the history of the University of Georgia. The site also contains selected photographs of Reed.
Digital images of original manuscripts, scanned…

The components of the compromise reached between the NAACP and the Atlanta Board of Education

Drawn in 1864 by Union mapmaker, Robert Knox Sweden, this map shows the fortified Confederate perimeter of around Atlanta to oppose Sherman's 1864 Invasion.