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The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 1,463 127 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 1,378 372 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 810 42 Browse Search
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies 606 8 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 565 25 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 473 17 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 373 5 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 372 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 277 1 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 232 78 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
ince the telegraph has already announced that General Hood is in Sherman's rear, on the north side of the Chattahoochee — directly upon the only railroad by which Atlanta can be supplied — with his whole army. The position which he has taken, and which it is to be presumed he has fortified to its greatest capacity for resistance, renders Sherman's situation critical in the extreme. He has with him at Atlanta, according to information derived from sources believed to be perfectly reliable, not more than forty-five thousand effective men, all told, at this time. He crossed the river with sixty-two thousand five hundred. He has not been largely reinforced s upon his only line of communication; it is strongly fortified, and is calmly awaiting for the enemy to advance. Shereman has, no doubt, collected many stores in Atlanta. But it is impossible that he can have collected more than enough to last him a very few weeks, seeing that he has but one railroad to bring them over. He must
The Daily Dispatch: October 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], Mutual Press Association. (search)
of hostilities between the two armies was limited to Rough and Ready and its immediate neighborhood. It did not include Atlanta nor Jonesboro', nor any other point but the above-named station on the Macon railway, and a limited space around it. This station had been agreed upon as the place for the delivery of the exiles from Atlanta and the exchange of prisoners, just as Varina below Richmond was selected as the point of exchange in this part of the Confederacy. It was perfectly permissible to General Hood, at any time during the truce, to attack General Sherman in Atlanta, or for the latter to move upon him at Jonesboro', if either had been so inclined, or in a condition to undertake offensive operations. General Hood lost nothi we have named. The truth is, General Hood was in no condition to renew hostilities. An army that was not able to hold Atlanta when stationed behind entrenchments was not to be expected to retake it by assault after the enemy had got possession of
The Daily Dispatch: October 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], Mutual Press Association. (search)
e been enabled to learn a great deal of information from Sherman's army around Atlanta, and the events that have occurred in the rear during the past two weeks. These men were captured in the unfortunate battle of Jonesboro', were taken to Atlanta, and as soon as transportation could be procured, were transferred to the Chattanolonel was very unpopular with them. From Nashville to Chattanooga, and to Atlanta, the railroads are in perfect running order, and no less than seventy-nine tra The Macon Telegraph says it is understood that Sherman's army is leaving Atlanta. General Gowan has been exchanged for twenty Yankee prisoners. A cortate cotton away from Griffin. It amounted to about forty thousand bales when Atlanta was evacuated. The town is being depopulated rapidly, each train of cars bearaggling while on the march. He was pained to see that in the last march from Atlanta to this point, two thirds of the straggling was caused, not from fatigue by ma