Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.

 

Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.
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Telegram to President Abraham Lincoln (2 September 1864)

 

William Tecumseh Sherman

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In the beginning, Atlanta was without form, and void; and it still is.

 

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A solemn scene it was indeed... He seemed to enjoy a triumph over me. Methought I heard him think, "Ay! I am fairly out and you are fairly in! See which of us will be the happiest!"

 

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