ATLANTA, GA., September 2, 1864.
(Received 10.05 p.m.)
Honorable E. M. STANTON.
Secretary of War:
General Sherman has taken Atlanta. The Twentieth Corps occupies the city. The main army is on the Macon road, near East Point. A battle was fought near that point, in which General Sherman was successful. Particulars not known.
H. W. SLOCUM,
Major-General.