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Battle of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864

Subject
Civil War
Card type
Lithograph
Date
c. 1915 (White Border)
Front of Battle of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Back of Battle of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864, c. 1915 lithograph postcard
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Color-printed view of the Battle of Atlanta showing Union and Confederate troops fighting among shattered trees and earthworks, with a red brick house at right and thick clouds of battle smoke drifting through the woods.

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PublisherImperial Post Card Co.
BATTLE OF ATLANTA, GA., JULY 22ND, 1864 --- At what is now 176 Cleburne Avenue, Gen. Sherman had his headquarters during the Ba[illegible] Atlanta. Generals Sherman and McPherson conversing under the trees here at noon of July 22, 1864, when the first guns of the battle roare[illegible] A few hours later, General McPherson was mortally wounded a short distance south of this place. A monument to him stands at East Atlanta on McPherson Avenue. PUBLISHED BY IMPERIAL POST CARD CO., ATLANTA, GA. C. T. AMERICAN ART COLORED C.T. Co. CHICAGO
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Postcard record

Series5336
ConditionVery good
Place depictedAtlanta, GA
Place mentionedAtlanta, GA
PublisherImperial Post Card Co., Atlanta, GA
NotesWhite border around image; printed number 5336 at lower right; slight edge wear. Postmark: [illegible] ARDS [illegible] — only a few blue-ink letters of the cancellation legible, no date. Divided-back C.T. American Art Colored card (C.T. Co. Chicago logo); heavy water staining and paper loss along the top edge; stamp removed (empty stamp box).

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Battle of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/battle-of-atlanta-atlanta-georgia-july-22-1864. Accessed October 5, 2026.