. Atlanta and its builders, a comprehensive history of the Gate city of the South. n of the city was preachedin the First Baptist Church by Rev. H. C. Hornady. Speaking of the condition of Atlanta after Sherman hadpassed on, Historian E. Y. Clarke says: November 16thSherman commenced his march to the sea. Before doing so,however, the destruction of the city was completed. Whatcould not be consumed by fire was blown up, torn down, orotherwise destroyed. No city during the war was so nearlyannihilated. The center of the city, or business locality, was 636 Atlanta And Its Builders an entire mass
. Atlanta and its builders, a comprehensive history of the Gate city of the South. n of the city was preachedin the First Baptist Church by Rev. H. C. Hornady. Speaking of the condition of Atlanta after Sherman hadpassed on, Historian E. Y. Clarke says: November 16thSherman commenced his march to the sea. Before doing so,however, the destruction of the city was completed. Whatcould not be consumed by fire was blown up, torn down, orotherwise destroyed. No city during the war was so nearlyannihilated. The center of the city, or business locality, was 636 Atlanta And Its Builders an entire mass of ruins—there being but a solitary structurestanding on the main street, Whitehall, between its extreme com-mercial limits. At least three-fourths of the buildings in thecity were destroyed, the remaining number consisting chiefly ofdwelling houses. The very few buildings of any consequencespared in the general ruin were saved through intercession, con-tingency or accident. Rev. Father OReilly was instrumentalin saving the Catholic and several Protestant church edifices, and. The old Slave Market, war time view (Picture shows west side of Whitehall St., where is nowlocated the Whitehall-Peachtree Viaduct) also the city hall. The medical college was saved through theefforts of Dr. N. DAlvigny. Atlanta was thus left a scene ofcharred and desolate ruins, the home of half-starved and half-wild dogs, and of carrion fowls feasting upon refuse, and thedecaying carcasses of animals. Such was the spectacle thatgreeted the eyes of Er Lawshe and other citizens who returnedto the city in December, 1864. A small detachment of Confederate and state troops occu- The Destruction Of Atlanta 637 pied Atlanta early in December. The following orders issuedby the officers on assuming command in the city are interesting: Provost-Marshals Office,Atlanta, Ga,, December 5th, Orders No. 1. In pursuance of Special Orders No. 4, headquarters militarydistrict of Georgia, I have assumed the du
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