1864AfterahugebattleandthebrutalshellingofthepopulationofAtlanta,Federaltroops("Yanks")takecontrolofthecity.TheirplanistouseallofthegoodsremaininginthewarehousedistrictofAtlantatooutfittheirarmyfortheupcomingMarchtotheSea,whichtheyhopewillendtheWarBetweentheStates.Confederatespiesmoveintothewarehousedistrict,disguisedasYanks,totakestockofwhatisstilltherethatmightbeofusetothearmyofthenorth.Theyfindalot.ThewordcomesdownfromConfederatecommandtoburntheentiredistrict,destroyingvastquantitiesofgoodsanduprootinghundredsoffamiliesthathavebeenintheareafordecades."TheBurningofAtlanta"isthestoryofthedestructionofamajorcityneartheendofthewar,andthedesperationandterrorthiscausesinthelivesofthosewhowatchtheirentiresocietycollapsearoundthem.
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