Georgia 1864

May 3 - The Atlanta Campaign began as Sherman led his army southward.

May 8 - Battle of Rocky Face Ridge.

May 14 - Battle of Resaca.

May 17 - Battle of Adairsville.

May 25 - Battle of New Hope Church.

May 27 - Battle of Pickett's Mill.

May 28 - Battle of Dallas.

June 22 - Battle of Kolb's Farm.

June 27 - Battle of Kennesaw Mountain.

July 20 - Battle of Peachtree Creek.

July 22 - Battle of Atlanta began.

July 28 - Battle of Ezra Church.

Aug. 6 - Battle of Utoy Creek.

Aug.31 - Battle of Jonesboro.

Sept. 2 - Atlanta surrendered.

Oct. 5 - Battle of Allatoona.

Nov. 15 - the infamous March to the Sea began, when William T. Sherman led his armies on a march through Georgia on their way to Savannah; they were hindered briefly at the Battle of Stockbridge. Behind them, they left much of Atlanta in flames.

Dec. 21 - Savannah surrendered to William T. Sherman.

Source: GeorgiaInfo http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park - Kennesaw, Georgia

 

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Willie and the IRS

In 1990, Willie Nelson owed the IRS thirty-two million dollars in back taxes. It seemed that his accountants hadn't paid his taxes for years. Willie worked to settled his 1990s IRS tax debt by releasing a double-album called "The IRS Tapes: Who’ll Buy My Memories?".  The profits from sales of this double album, along with auctioning off a lot of Willie's belongings, allowed him to have his taxes paid in full by 1993.

Willie Nelson Museum - Nashville, Tennessee

 

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The General Lee (1968 Charger)

The General Lee was the orange 1968 Charger, with 01 on the doors and the confederate flag on the roof. At first, the producers wanted to name the car 'Traveler" after General Lee's horse but realized the General's name sounded better so that is what they named the car.

There were 309 General Lee's used during the "The Duke's of Hazzard" run, in 2009 only 23 of them remain in some form or another. With the jumps these cars often made, at least one car was destroyed in each show. In 2008, John Schneider sold the one he had at an auction and it sold for "$450,000." This was a special car, as the entire cast of the 1997 movie signed it.

Source:  Amy Browne, Yahoo! Contributor Network

Cooter's Place - Nashville, Tennessee

 

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