...formidable resistance were well-nigh dissipated. At the outset, the cavalry corps of Major-General Joseph Wheeler, and the Georgia State troops under the command of Major-Generals Howell Cobb and Gustavus W. Smith constituted almost the only opposing forces on the Confederate side. The season of the year selected for the movement was most propitious; just the period of invigorating airs and delightful autu...