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course he was too late. Hardee in person reached Jonesboro by rail from Atlanta by daylight, but his corps encountered the enemy in force on the road it was instructed to take, and was compelled to open another road, so that it was 9 a. m. of the 31st before it was in position before Jonesboro. Lee came soon afterward, except three brigades left on picket, which arrived at 1:30 p. m. Early in the day Hardee foresaw that the contemplated attack could not be made until afternoon, and as he reporn ordered to advance from the Chattahoochee on a reconnaissance. General Hardee remarks in this connection that General Hood, with a marvelous want of information, evidently still believed the enemy to be in front of Atlanta. At 4 p. m. on the 31st, Sherman was informed that Howard had repulsed the attack at Jonesboro, that Schofield had reached the railroad near Rough and Ready, and was working up the road, destroying it as he went, and Stanley and Baird were similarly occupied working sout