Lecture: An Iliad of Woes: Peachtree Creek and the Battles for Atlanta

If the Battle of Gettysburg was the South’s High Water Mark, then the battles for Atlanta were perhaps its last chance. In the summer of 1864, across the last ten miles of an epic hundred-mile campaign, the Confederate Army of Tennessee fought four major battles in an effort to hold the heart of the Confederacy against Union forces under the hard-driving General William Tecumseh Sherman. Using words, maps and contemporary photographs, Russell S. Bonds, the award-winning author of Stealing the General and War Like the Thunderbolt, will take you through the desperate fighting at the gates of the Gate City, describing in vivid detail its characters, its cost and its consequences.

This event is sponsored by the Buckhead Heritage Society. Tickets are $10 for Buckhead Heritage members or $20 for non-members. Advance ticket purchase required. To purchase tickets, visit www.buckheadheritage.com.