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Civil War in Alanta Georgia
Auction & Negro Sales, on Whitewall Street in Atlanta, September to November, 1864
Atlanta, Georgia. Northward view across the tracks on Whitehall Street. Concert hall is on the left, A.C.Wyly & Co. in the background left.
George Armstrong Custer, the son of a blacksmith, was born in New Rumley, Ohio, on December 5, 1839. The family was poor and when he was ten, Custer was forced to live with hie aunt in Monroe. While at school he met his future wife, Elizabeth Bacon, the daughter of a judge. He attended the Military Academy at West Point, but was apoor student and graduated in 1861 34th place out of a class of 34. This image is of him at the Academy.
We show a moving photo of The Peninsula, Virginia Lieutenant George A. Custer with a dog. It was made in 1862.
After leaving West Point he joined the staff of General
George B. McClellan and during the American Civil War he saw action at
Bull Run (August, 1862), Antietam (September, 1862) and Gettysburg
(June, 1863). Custer emerged as an outstanding cavalry leader and at the
age of 23, was given the rank of brigadier general and took command of
the Michigan Brigade.
Custer developed a reputation for flamboyant
behaviour. He led his troops into battle wearing a black velvet trimmed
with gold lace, a crimson necktie and a white hat. He claimed that he
adopted this outfit so that his men "would recognize him on any part of
the field".
In August , 1864, Custer joined Major General Philip
Sheridan in the final Shenandoah Valley campaign. Sheridan and 40,000
soldiers entered the valley and soon encountered troops led by Jubal
Early who had just returned from Washington. After a series of minor
defeats the Union Army eventually gained the upper hand. His men now
burnt and destroyed anything of value in the area and after defeating
Early in another large-scale battle on 19th October, the Union Army took
control of the Shenandoah Valley.
General George A. Custer and wife.
Dr. Bunnell, Funeral Home during the Civil War
His sign on the building.
Sign #2 on the Building, he only embalms the dead.