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Atlanta is ours, and fairly won

Quote byWilliam Tecumseh Sherman · 1820–1891

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Telegram to Abraham Lincoln (September 1864), Telegram to President Abraham Lincoln (2 September 1864).

English (original)

Atlanta is ours, and fairly won.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

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