In 1862, while the Civil War raged on, two men—both claiming the same badge—met inside an Atlanta saloon. Only one would walk out.
This week on Stories of Atlanta, we step back into a city caught between battle lines and internal conflict. Whitt Anderson, a former Deputy Sheriff wounded at Antietam, had returned to Atlanta to recover—and to reclaim his old job. But the badge now belonged to Tom Shivers, a fiery former stagecoach driver who had no plans to step aside.
Their first encounter ended with a pistol-whipping and a bottle to the head. The second? With guns drawn at point-blank range in Muhlenbrink’s Saloon.
“I’m fixed up… are you ready?”
Those were the only words spoken before the gunfire started.
It’s a story straight out of the Old West—except it happened right here, in the middle of Atlanta history…and the ending is revealed in this week’s Stories of Atlanta.
