Civil War tales at Jonesboro

A storyteller will describe a more personal side of the Battle of Jonesborough (Georgia) on Saturday at the Patrick R. Cleburne Confederate Cemetery in Jonesboro. The 1864 battle was pivotal because the Confederate defeat led to the supply rail lines being cut and the fall of Atlanta. “This is not a glorification of war, but an acknowledgement of the human spirit and all its great and not so great moments," says Peter Bonner. • Article