| July 14, 1865 |
Atlanta National Bank, the first national bank in Georgia (and the Southeastern United States) is proposed by Alfred Austell
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| September 2, 1865 |
Conf. General Alfred Austell establishes Atlanta National Bank
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| June 2, 1908 |
First Union Bank begins as Union National Bank in a roll-top desk in the lobby of Buford Hotel in Charlotte [NC] |
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| July 18, 1958 |
First National Bank and Trust of Asheville and Union National Bank of Charlotte creates First Union Bank
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| December 16, 1985 |
Wachovia and First Atlanta (formerly First National Bank of Atlanta) merge. |
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| March 31, 1986 |
First Union acquires Citizens Dekalb Bank of Clarkston, Georgia
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| October 1, 1986 |
First Union acquires Georgia State Bankshares, Inc., Atlanta
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| November 1, 1986 |
First Union completes the acquisition of First Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, Augusta
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| November 14, 1986 |
First Union buys Bank of Waynesboro (Georgia)
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| April 1, 1987 |
First Union buys Roswell Bank
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| January 15, 1993 |
First Union completes acquisition of Decatur Federal, Decatur, Georgia
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| June 12, 1993 |
First Union merges with Georgia Federal, Atlanta
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| August 12, 1994 |
First Union acquires three branches of the Cobb Federal Savings Association
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| August 8, 1995 |
First Union acquires Home Federal Savings Bank, Rome
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Rome, Georgia |
| September 1, 2001 |
Wachovia and First Union merge
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| October 15, 2004 |
Wachovia receives Federal Reserve approval on the planned merger with SouthTrust |
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| April 28, 2005 |
A bank record theft was exposed when police in Hackensack charged nine people, including seven bank workers, in an alleged plot to steal financial records of thousands of bank customers. Wachovia and Bank of America (formerly C & S National Bank) were among those affected |
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| June 2, 2005 |
Wachovia apologized to African-Americans for the Charlotte(NC)-based banks ties to American slavery. Georgia Railroad and Banking Co. of Augusta, a predecessor bank, held at least 182 slaves to build a railroad. |
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Slavery in Georgia |
