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Title: Popular history of the civil war
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Cheney, C. Emma (Clara Emma)
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Publisher: Boston : Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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rates made a resolute attack under Johnston, with theremnants of the armies of Hardee, Hood, and Bragg. Thedays march had just begun, when the sound of firing washeard. Sherman supposed it to be the usual skirmish with\V^ade Hampton. Instead of that, Johnston with his wholearmy had struck Slocums advancing column. It was ahard-fought battle, lasting all day. Johnston felt that itwas the last chance of the Confederacy, and he im-proved his opportunity. At first, with the shock and sur-prise, the Federals rapidly lost ground; but at length Jeff.C. Daviss command made a stand, with orders to fightit out. They repelled charge after charge, and came outat dark victorious. After the battle General Mitchell threwhimself down upon a blanket to sleep, when a rebel orderlygave him this singular message : Colonel Hardee presentshis compliments to you, and asks that you will apprise yourline that he is forming in your front to charge the Yankeeson your left. — What Colonel Hardee? asked General
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1865.) The Beginning of the End. 513 Mitchell. Colonel Hardee of the Twenty-third Georgia,commanding a brigade in Hokes division/ replied themessenger. General Mitchell invited the young man to takesupper if he had not already done so: and, calling a staff-officer, he sent the messenger to the rear, a prisoner; for,in the confusion which had grown out of the batde, he hadmade the mistake of communicating his message to thewrong commander. General Mitchell quickly drew his menup in order of battle. One loud tap of the drum, and avolley was fired low; and the next morning there was dis-played in front of our works, says an eye-witness, amongthe dead, a line of new Enfield rifles and knapsacks almostas straight as if laid out for a Sunday mornings inspec-tion. Defeat would have been disastrous. Success wasbravely won. This was the last and only hard-fought battlebetween Savannah and Goldsboro. On the 23d of March the goal was reached, the marchwas done. Four hundred and twenty-five miles

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