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Tie a Grey Ribbon 'round the old pine tree
Today's the day that the locals bow their heads.
31 Aug., 1864: Confererate General John Bell Hood is defeated in Jonesboro and the last major rail line supplying Atlanta is severed. Federal General William T. Sherman has lost 178 Federal soldiers in the battle, General Hood has lost nearly 2,000 at the train station in the center of town. 1 Sept., 1864: Sherman telegraphs his President that the South has been defeated and orders the burning of Atlanta and the "March to the Sea." The Confederate States of America are doomed and President Lincloln's re-election is assured.
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