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By 1860 Atlanta's population had grown to 9,554 During the American Civil War the nexus of multiple railroads in Atlanta made the city a hub for the distribution of military supplies in 1864 the Union Army moved southward following the capture of Chattanooga and began its invasion of north Georgia the region surrounding Atlanta was the location of several major army battles culminating with the Battle of Atlanta and a four-month-long siege of the city by the Union Army under the command of General William Tecumseh Sherman on September 1 1864 Confederate General John Bell Hood made the decision to retreat from Atlanta and he ordered the destruction of all public buildings and possible assets that could be of use to the Union Army on the next day Mayor James Calhoun surrendered Atlanta to the Union Army and on September 7 Sherman ordered the city's civilian population to evacuate on November 11 1864 Sherman prepared for the Union Army's March to the Sea by ordering the destruction of Atlanta's remaining military assets, 1 Africa Gabon (7), Notable people This section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed (April 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message). Film On November 21 2017 Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the findings of the MLB investigation into Atlanta's international signings Manfred ruled that the Braves must forfeit 13 international prospects including highly touted Kevin Maitan an infielder from Venezuela who signed for $4.25 million in 2016 the team also forfeited a third-round draft pick in the 2018 draft Former Braves general manager John Coppolella was placed on baseball's permanently ineligible list, Until 1964 Georgia's state government had the longest unbroken record of single-party dominance by the Democratic Party of any state in the Union This record was established largely due to the disenfranchisement of most blacks and many poor whites by the state in its constitution and laws in the early 20th century Some elements such as requiring payment of poll taxes and passing literacy tests prevented blacks from registering to vote; their exclusion from the political system lasted into the 1960s and reduced the Republican Party to a non-competitive status in the early 20th century. Ethnic 68/20 82/28 Growing dissent July 17 2009 Limitation of powers Lithuania (61) Atlanta Georgia business directory Main article: Track. Atlanta's 343 parks nature preserves and gardens cover 3,622 acres (14.66 km2) which amounts to only 5.6% of the city's total acreage compared to the national average of just over 10% However 64% of Atlantans live within a 10-minute walk of a park a percentage equal to the national average in its 2013 ParkScore ranking the Trust for Public Land reported that among the park systems of the 50 most populous U.S cities Atlanta's park system received a ranking of 31 Piedmont Park in Midtown is Atlanta's most iconic green space the park which underwent a major renovation and expansion in recent years attracts visitors from across the region and hosts cultural events throughout the year Other notable city parks include Centennial Olympic Park a legacy of the 1996 Summer Olympics that forms the centerpiece of the city's tourist district; Woodruff Park which anchors the campus of Georgia State University; Grant Park home to Zoo Atlanta; Chastain Park which houses an amphitheater used for live music concerts; and the under construction Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry the 280-acre green space and reservoir project slated to become the city's largest park when fully complete in the 2020s the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the northwestern corner of the city preserves a 48 mi (77 km) stretch of the river for public recreation opportunities.

; The Georgia Bulldogs (Southeastern Conference) Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (Atlantic Coast Conference) Georgia State Panthers and Georgia Southern Eagles (Sun Belt Conference) are Georgia's NCAA Division I FBS football teams having won multiple national championships between them the Georgia Bulldogs and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets have a historical rivalry in college football known as Clean Old-Fashioned Hate and the Georgia State Panthers and the Georgia Southern Eagles have recently developed their own rivalry, Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District around Gwinnett Place Mall As a national center for the arts Atlanta is home to significant art museums and institutions the renowned High Museum of Art is arguably the South's leading art museum and among the most-visited art museums in the world the Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA) and the SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film are the only such museums in the Southeast Contemporary art museums include the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Institutions of higher education contribute to Atlanta's art scene with the Savannah College of Art and Design's Atlanta campus providing the city's arts community with a steady stream of curators and Emory University's Michael C Carlos Museum containing the largest collection of ancient art in the Southeast. ; The permanent nature of teams with the Overwatch League compared to promotion and relegation formats would give opportunity for team owners to find additional revenue models by running their own stadiums and the merchandising opportunities for these according to Morhaime Additional teams would be added in regions like Europe and Asia so that Blizzard can organize the League's divisions around these geographic regions This would then lead to more divisional play with teams playing primarily other division teams at regional stadiums during the regular season to minimizing the cost of overseas travels However Blizzard would still offer intra-division matches during the regular season While ESPN stated that it should be easy for Blizzard to obtain new American teams investors for teams from Europe will be more difficult as they tend to look for security and history for investments ESPN also identified that South Korean investors will not likely be invited given that their products lack a global distribution while many of the main Chinese investors already have possible conflicts of interests with other esports leagues. An Atlanta-born Baptist minister who was part of the educated middle class that had developed in Atlanta's African-American community Martin Luther King Jr emerged as a national leader in the civil rights movement King joined with others to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Atlanta in 1957 to provide political leadership for the Civil Rights Movement across the South, 60-day injured list Water polo (1); ! 8 Education Outdoor recreational activities include hiking along the Appalachian Trail; Civil War Heritage Trails; rock climbing and whitewater kayaking Other outdoor activities include hunting and fishing, Georgia Tech students benefit from many Institute-sponsored or related events on campus as well as a wide selection of cultural options in the surrounding district of Midtown Atlanta "Atlanta's Heart of the Arts" Just off campus students can choose from several restaurants including a half-dozen in Technology Square alone Home Park a neighborhood that borders the north end of campus is a popular living area for Tech students and recent graduates, Television Steam locomotives are locomotives with a steam engine that provides adhesion Coal petroleum or wood is burned in a firebox boiling water in the boiler to create pressurized steam the steam travels through the smokebox before leaving via the chimney or smoke stack in the process it powers a piston that transmits power directly through a connecting rod (US: main rod) and a crankpin (US: wristpin) on the driving wheel (US main driver) or to a crank on a driving axle Steam locomotives have been phased out in most parts of the world for economical and safety reasons although many are preserved in working order by heritage railways.