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Title: Abraham Lincoln : a history
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Nicolay, John G. (John George), 1832-1901 Hay, John, 1838-1905, joint author
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York : Century Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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t his horsesin a useless raid. The damage he had done to therailroad about Resaca and Dalton had been re-paired. Sherman rode down to the Chattahoocheebridge on the 24th, and satisfied himself that itcould be defended by a single corps left there forthat purpose, by taking advantage of the Confed-erate works built there by Johnston; and return-ing to iris camp he telegraphed to Halleck that hewould commence the movement round Atlanta bythe south the next night, and that for some timethey might expect at Washington to hear little »MenX>from him. On the night of the 25th and the 26th p° ioi.the whole army drew out of its trenches, abandon-ing the works it had taken the labor of so manyhands to build, and the blood of so many bravemen to defend, and swung off round Hoods leftflank, by the country roads, to strike the Maconrailroad at Jonesboro. The corps of Stewart andLee at once occupied the empty works. Hood fora moment, with foolish exultation, adopted the be- 284 ABKAHAM LINCOLN
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MAP OF THE FIELD OPERATIONS AROUND ATLANTA. chap. xir. lief that terror of Wheelers cavalry had drivenSherman in retreat to the north across the Chatta-hoochee.1 It was not nntil the 28th that GeneralArmstrong reported to Hood that the enemy wasin large force at Fairburn on the West Point road. It became at once, he says, — and the reader will 1 General Cox in his admirable tion with General William J.work on the Atlanta Campaign, Hardee as his authority for thispp. 197, 198, quotes a conversa- statement. ATLANTA 285 not fail to appreciate the comic force of the adverb, chap. xii.— evident that General Sherman was moving HoOLliwith his main body to destroy the Macon road, and Adanacethat the fate of Atlanta depended upon our ability RpS*to defeat this movement. Shermans primary object in this expedition wasthe destruction of the Macon road. A single sen-tence from his orders to General Thomas show notonly how minute was the attention that he gave toall the details of operations un

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