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And now we're headed Southward,
Our hearts are full of woe
We're going back to Georgia
To find our Uncle Beau.
--sung to the tune of "The Yellow Rose of Texas"​


In OTL, General Joseph E. Johnston replaced General Braxton Bragg as commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee in January 1864. But what if, instead, General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, who had recently distinguished himself by his handling of the defenses of Charleston, had been selected for this command? How might the Atlanta Campaign have progressed with "Uncle Beau" in command instead of "Uncle Joe?"​
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