"By the original compact of government, the United States had certain rights in Georgia, which have never been relinquished and never will be... Allow the Union and peace once more to settle over your old homes at Atlanta."
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William Tecumseh Sherman, letter to the members of the city council of the City of Atlanta (12 September 1864)
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