num_pages: 450
description: Like Chicago from Mrs. O'Leary's cow or San Francisco from the earthquake of 1906 Atlanta has earned distinction as one of the most burned cities in American history. During the Civil War Atlanta was wrecked but not by burning alone. Longtime Atlantan Stephen Davis details the burning of Atlanta and studies those accounts that attempt to estimate the extent of destruction in the city.
language: English
title: What the Yankees Did to Us: Sherman's Bombardment and Wrecking of Atlanta
publisher: Mercer University Press