Surrender of Atlanta, September 2, 1864
LOCATION
: NE corner of Northside Drive and Marietta Street
Surrender of Atlanta, September 2, 1864
Gen.
Hood with Stewarts A.C. and the Georgia Militia, withdrew from Atlanta September1,
1864. At this point Mayor M. Calhoun, with a committee, tendered the surrender
of the city
to Col. John Coburn, asking protection for citizens and property.
Description from Franklin Garrett's Atlanta And Environs Vol. I - Surrender of Atlanta : p 633-638
Background of Civil War Activity -Sherman's Advance from Dalton to Atlanta