battle of Atlanta, Atlanta - Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying Atlanta and burned the city; 1864

CDC, Center for Disease Control and Prevention - a federal agency in the Department of Health and Human Services; located in Atlanta; investigates and diagnoses and tries to control or prevent diseases (especially new and unusual diseases)

state capital - the capital city of a political subdivision of a country

Empire State of the South, Georgia, Peach State, GA - a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

beleaguering, besieging, military blockade, siege - the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack

American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States - civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865

Atlanta, capital of Georgia - state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War