Smithsonian Magazine

The Salvation of Atlanta

ONE OF THE CIVIL WAR’ S GREATEST BATTLES WAS FOUGHT AGAIN AND AGAIN ON A SPECTACULA­R CANVAS NEARLY 400 FEET LONG. AFTER MORE THAN A CENTURY OF EFFORTS TO RE PAINT HISTORY, THE ORIGINAL TRUTH IS FINALLY BEING UNVEILED

- By Jack Hitt

After years of whitewashi­ng and revisionis­t touch ups, the city’s massive 19th-century cyclorama of the Battle of Atlanta is being restored to its original historical form

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