Michael Moran Associates

Industrial products include textiles and apparel transportation equipment food processing paper products chemicals and products and electric equipment, 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, There are 17 Fortune 500 companies and 26 Fortune 1000 companies with headquarters in Georgia including Home Depot UPS Coca-Cola TSYS Delta Air Lines Aflac Southern Company Anthem Inc Honeywell and SunTrust Banks. 11.2 Mission The idea of a technology school in Georgia was introduced in 1865 during the Reconstruction period Two former Confederate officers Major John Fletcher Hanson (an industrialist) and Nathaniel Edwin Harris (a politician and eventually Governor of Georgia) who had become prominent citizens in the town of Macon Georgia after the Civil War strongly believed that the South needed to improve its technology to compete with the industrial revolution which was occurring throughout the North However because the American South of that era was mainly populated by agricultural workers and few technical developments were occurring a technology school was needed. Foreign-based international carriers:, Historically Atlanta has been a stronghold for the Democratic Party Although municipal elections are officially nonpartisan nearly all of the city's elected officials are registered Democrats the city is split among 14 state house districts and four state senate districts all held by Democrats At the federal level Atlanta is split between two congressional districts Most of the city is in the 5th district represented by Democrat John Lewis a small portion in the north is in the 11th district represented by Republican Barry Loudermilk; Georgia State Route 316 is a four-mile-long route that branches from I-85 and stretches eastward into Gwinnett County it continues east as a normal divided highway through the suburb of Lawrenceville and on to Athens. . I-20.svg Interstate 20 1914: Miracle Native American settlements.

Volleyball ? ? ? ? 37/3 62/17 Vegetable: Vidalia onion, 70/21 90/32 1900 117,363 38.6% Major healthcare systems, Georgia 10.svg State Route 10. . Image of March 1993 Storm of the Century covering the length of the east coast the outline of Georgia is discernible in the center of the image. . Atlanta Georgia business directory Road to Brasstown Bald Irish 8.1% 53/12 63/17 The colonial settlement of large numbers of Scottish American English American and Scotch-Irish Americans in the mountains and piedmont and coastal settlement by some English Americans and African Americans have strongly influenced the state's culture in food language and music the concentration of Africans imported to coastal areas in the 18th century repeatedly from rice-growing regions of West Africa led to the development of Gullah-Geechee language and culture in the Low Country among African Americans They share a unique heritage in which African traditions of food religion and culture were continued more than in some other areas in the creolization of Southern culture their foodways became an integral part of all Southern cooking in the Low Country.