"After more than a century, Jacob Cox's Atlanta remains an essential book on one of the pivotal campaigns of the Civil War."--Gary W. Gallagher In 1864 Abraham Lincoln had privately predicted his defeat in the impending election, but ten days later Atlanta fell, assuring his victory. General Jacob D. Cox (1828-1900) played a key role in the Union success at Atlanta, a city of profound strategic and political significance. At Kenesaw...