Robert Toombs, one of the most ardent secessionists in the U.S. Senate, helped to lead Georgia out of the Union on the eve of the Civil War (1861-65). This was surprising; although Toombs was a slaveholding planter, he had dedicated the majority of his political career to preserving the Union. Spanning almost four decades, his career in Georgia politics began in the state legislature, and he later ventured into national affairs as a U.

Robert Woodruff, the president of the Coca-Cola Company, is pictured with Lettie Pate Whitehead Evans at the Stork Club in New York City, during the 1940s. Evans owned the Atlanta Coca-Cola Bottling Company, founded by her husband Joseph Whitehead, for several decades before selling it to Woodruff in 1932. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOm6ysoZ6awLR5xJymp6edrnytsdOtoJ5loJbBpnnWoaCtnZiarqV5xK%2BYp6tdZoV4foxqcG5rX6J6cn2RcGho

Saint Joseph’s Hospital is Atlanta’s oldest hospital and the only Catholic hospital in the city. Established in 1880 by the Sisters of Mercy, Saint Joseph’s mission is to provide clinically excellent and compassionate care. History Saint Joseph’s Hospital was founded in 1880 as Atlanta Hospital by Sister Cecilia Carroll of the Religious Sisters of Mercy Order (RSM). The Catholic order, created in 1831, was established in Dublin, Ireland, by philanthropist Catherine McAuley with the mission of ministering to the poor.

A kettle formerly used in saltpeter operations was removed from a north Georgia cave and put into use on a local farm. Kettles were used to boil water containing potassium nitrate, or saltpeter, in order to extract the substance for use in the production of gunpowder. Courtesy of Joel M. Sneed The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

Home of the Georgia Bulldogs football team, Sanford Stadium is the second-largest on-campus stadium in the South and the fifth-largest in the nation, with a capacity of 92,020. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.