Atlanta

city and — of the State of Georgia and of Fulton coun- Ai on the Atlanta and West Point, e Central of Georgia, the Georgia, the Seaboard Air Line, the Southern, and the Western and Atlantic railroads; 171 miles N. by W. of August a. The a 5 is not only the largest in the State, but, commercially and _historically, is one of the most important in the South. Bank clearings total over $131,000,000 a year. The chief building is the. magnificent capitol completed March, 1891. After being besieged by the Federal army, under General Sherman, and bombarded for 40 days, it was captured Sept. 2, 1864.