Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City of the South, Volume 1Century Memorial Publishing Company, 1902 - Atlanta (Ga.) |
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Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City ..., Volume 1 Thomas H. Martin No preview available - 2018 |
Atlanta and Its Builders: A Comprehensive History of the Gate City ..., Volume 1 Thomas H. Martin No preview available - 2017 |
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Adairsville advance Alabama Allatoona Army of Tennessee artillery assault Atlanta attack battery bridge brigade Brigadier-General captured cavalry Chattahoochee Chattahoochee river Chattanooga Cheatham's Church citizens Colonel column command Confederate council crossed Dalton Decatur depot direction division East Point enemy enemy's eral Etowah field fight fire flank force front Garrard Georgia ground guns Hardee Hardee's Hardee's corps heavy hill Hood Hood's Hooker Howard infantry intrenched John Johnston Jonathan Norcross Jonesboro Jonesborough Kennesaw killed lieutenant Lieutenant-General line of battle loss Macon Macon road Major-General Marietta Marthasville mayor McPherson ment miles morning Mountain move movement Murrell's Row night occupied officers ordered Pace's Ferry Peachtree Creek position prisoners railroad reached rear rebel regiments repulsed Resaca ridge river Sandtown Schofield sent shell Sherman skirmishers soon Stoneman street strong telegraph Tennessee Thomas tion town troops wagons Wheeler woods wounded yards
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Page 618 - I have deemed it to the interest of the United States that the citizens now residing in Atlanta should remove, those who prefer it to go South, and the rest North. For the latter I can provide food and transportation to points of their election in Tennessee, Kentucky, or further North.
Page 205 - You I propose to move against Johnston's army, to break it up, and to get into the interior of the enemy's country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources.
Page 624 - War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it ; and those who brought war on our country, deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. I know I had no hand in making this war, and I know I will make more sacrifices to-day than any of you to secure peace.
Page 652 - House,' and upon studying the ground, I had no alternative in my turn but to assault his lines or turn his position. Either course had its difficulties and dangers. And I perceived that the enemy and our own officers had settled down into a conviction that I would not assault fortified lines. All looked to me to
Page 669 - I ordered a general pursuit south, General Thomas following to the left of the railroad, General Howard on its right, and General Schofield keeping off about two miles to the east. We overtook the enemy again near Lovejoy's station, in a strong intrenched position, with his flanks well protected behind a branch of Walnut Creek to the right, and a confluent of the Flint River to his left. We pushed close up and reconnoitered the ground, and found he had evidently halted to cover his communication...
Page 666 - Having personally inspected this work, and satisfied with its execution, I ordered the whole army to move the next day eastward by several roads. General Howard on the right towards Jonesboro...
Page 612 - If the people raise a howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity-seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war.
Page 677 - In my dispatch of the 18th I expressly accept taking the offensive. Only differ with you as to details. I assume that the enemy will be prepared to advance before we are, and will make it to our advantage. Therefore I propose, as necessary both for the offensive and defensive, to assemble our troops here immediately. Other preparations for advance are going on.
Page 699 - Foreseeing that some confusion and delay might result, I was careful to call General Hardee's attention to the importance of having a staff officer on his left, to see that the left did not take more than half a division front.
Page 615 - Atlanta, for the distinguished ability, courage, and perseverance displayed in the campaign in Georgia, which, under divine favor, has resulted in the capture of Atlanta. The marches, battles, sieges, and other military operations that have signalized the campaign must render it famous in the annals of war, and have entitled those who have participated therein to the applause and thanks of the nation.