Named Entity Results, Atlanta (Georgia, United States)

ifficulty that letters can be written and forwarded from a retreating army.--Postponing for the present, therefore, some additional particular observations concerning the late battle on Missionary Ridge, I resume the thread of my narrative where my last letter left it, with the remark that I have telegraphed you regularly as occasion seemed to require it. It may be that the messages have not reached you in due season, as it is reported the wires are down at several places between Dalton and Atlanta. But Maj. Tilton, the excellent Quartermaster of Walker's divison, has just informed me that he has orders to put his train in motion on the road to Reseca, and as he has been kind enough to give me transportation for my blankets and valise, I must stop short with my letter here, with the remark that his sudden and unexpected order is an illustration of the difficulties which beset an army chronicler who remains with the troops, and sees and judges for himself. It is now seven o'clock

The route to Atlanta. --It would appear from the following excerpt from the Louisville Journal of a recent date that Prentice thinks that Thomas's trouble would only have commenced when Bragg should have fallen back to Atlanta. A telegraphic report from Chattanooga is that Bragg's army is retreating in the direction of Rome and Atlanta. This may or may not be true. Atlanta is a poweAtlanta. This may or may not be true. Atlanta is a powerful position, more powerful even than Chattanooga, and it would unquestionably be held for a considerable time against our troops by a far interior force. Gen. Thomas would have to advance slowAtlanta is a powerful position, more powerful even than Chattanooga, and it would unquestionably be held for a considerable time against our troops by a far interior force. Gen. Thomas would have to advance slowly upon Atlanta, for the railroad would of course be destroyed in the front, and he would be getting further and further from his base of supplies which he already obtains with much difficulty and deAtlanta, for the railroad would of course be destroyed in the front, and he would be getting further and further from his base of supplies which he already obtains with much difficulty and delay. A most serious trouble is, that the rebels have great facilities for interchanging forces between Tennessee and Virginia, and even to do this without our knowledge, whilst no corresponding faci