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The Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1864., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1864., [Electronic resource], The "Siege" of Atlanta. (search)
, he being still absent on account of injuries received by a fall from his horse. The city of Atlanta reminds one very much of Goldsmith's "Deserted Village," although many families have been compelled to remain here despite the danger from the missiles which the enemy continue to hurl into the heart of the city and the horrid results of this barbarous practice of the Federal commander. Several ladies and children have been killed; and night before last a shell entered the house of Mr. J. H. Hanner, superintendent of the gas company, and entering the bed where he and a bright little daughter were lying asleep, exploded, mangling them horribly and producing instant death. The Memphis Appeal and the Southern Express Company are the only public institutions that have so far braved the storm of shot and shell and remained at their posts. The Appeal is daily issued in the shape of an extra from the old office, not with-standing the building has twice been struck by the Yankee miss