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Over 6,900 Confederate soldiers are buried in the cemetery, many of whom had died during the Atlanta campaign of the American Civil War. [1] The monument's obelisk was commissioned by the Atlanta Ladies' Memorial Association (ALMA), who later commissioned another Confederate monument in the cemetery, the Lion of the Confederacy sculpture. [1]
By September 17, tides had increased to 5.2 feet above mean low water. Winds increased to 60 mph at that time. High tides, though, were the main villain. A "fresh gale" at Mustang Island destroyed their wharf. [citation needed] The third storm of the 1879 Atlantic hurricane season hit the northeast Texas coast on August 23. Damage was heavy ...
Veiled Visions: The 1906 Atlanta Race Riot and the Reshaping of American Race Relations (2006). Harvey, Bruce, and Lynn Watson-Powers. "The eyes of the world are upon us: A look at the Cotton States and International Exposition of 1895." Atlanta History 39#1 (1995): 5-11. Hanley, John. The Archdiocese of Atlanta. A History (2006), The Roman ...
Atlanta is a city in Cass County, northeastern Texas, United States. According to the 2010 U.S. census , the city had a population of 5,675, [ 4 ] which decreased to 5,433 as of 2020 . [ 5 ]
Port Isabel, Texas and South Padre Island, Texas: United States 15 September 2001: Concrete bridge for vehicle traffic over Laguna Madre: 4 loaded barges veered 175 feet (53 m) west of the navigation channel and struck one of the bridge supports, causing a partial collapse of 3 sections measuring approximately 80 feet (24 m) each. 8 killed, 13 ...
The Atlanta campaign was a series of battles fought in the Western Theater of the American Civil War throughout northwest Georgia and the area around Atlanta during the summer of 1864. Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman invaded Georgia from the vicinity of Chattanooga, Tennessee , beginning in May 1864, opposed by the Confederate general ...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has banned canned hunts of mountain lions, changing standards for first time in 50 years. Texas changes mountain lion hunting rules after 50 years. What it ...
The war destroyed much of the South's wealth, in part because wealth held in enslaved people (at least $1,000 each for a healthy adult prior to the war) was wiped off the books. [287] All accumulated investment in Confederate bonds was forfeited; most banks and railroads were bankrupt.