Civil War Ghosts of Atlanta
Reeks: Haunted America
Jim Miles
- The
- author
- of
- the
- Civil
- War
- Explorer
- series
- unearths
- the
- ghostly
- legends
- and
- lore
- that
- haunt
- Georgia’s
- capital
- city
- since
- the
- War
- Between
- the
- States.The
- Atlanta
- metropolis
- is
- one
- of
- America’s
- most
- modern
- and
- progressive
- cities,
- it’s
- easy
- to
- forget
- that
- 150
- years
- ago
- it
- was
- the
- scene
- of
- a
- long
- and
- deadly
- campaign.
- Union
- general
- William
- T.
- Sherman
- hammered
- relentlessly
- against
- Atlanta
- at
- Kennesaw
- Mountain,
- Peachtree
- Creek,
- Ezra
- Church,
- and
- Jonesboro.
- Months
- later,
- as
- he
- began
- his
- infamous
- March
- to
- the
- Sea,
- much
- of
- Atlanta
- was
- destroyed
- by
- fire.
- Thousands
- died
- in
- the
- fighting,
- and
- thousands
- more
- succumbed
- to
- wounds
- and
- disease
- in
- large
- hospitals
- constructed
- around
- the
- city.
- Today,
- ghosts
- of
- Atlanta’s
- Civil
- War
- haunt
- battlefields,
- hospital
- sites,
- cemeteries,
- homes,
- and
- commercial
- structures,
- all
- a
- testament
- to
- the
- tragic
- history
- of
- the
- city.
- Join
- author
- Jim
- Miles
- as
- he
- details
- the
- Civil
- War
- spirits
- that
- still
- haunt
- Atlanta.Includes
- photos!“He’s
- a
- connoisseur
- of
- Georgia’s
- paranormal
- related
- activity,
- having
- both
- visited
- nearly
- every
- site
- discussed
- in
- his
- series
- of
- Civil
- War
- Ghost
- titles
- .
- .
- .
- Miles
- has
- covered
- a
- lot
- of
- ground
- so
- far
- from
- the
- bustling
- cities
- to
- the
- small
- towns
- seemingly
- in
- the
- middle
- of
- nowhere.
- This
- daunting
- task
- takes
- an
- inside
- look
- to
- the
- culture
- and
- stories
- that
- those
- born
- in
- Georgia
- grow
- up
- hearing
- about
- and
- connect
- with.”
- —The
- Red
- & Black
