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down from Chattanooga four 4 1/2-inch rifled guns to try on the city. They were put to work night and day, and he observed that they caused frequent fires and created confusion, yet the enemy seemed determined to hold his forts even if the city was destroyed. During this furious cannonade, we are told by General Hood, women and children fled into cellars, and were forced to seek shelter a greater length of time than at any period of the bombardment, which continued from the 9th to the 25th of August. It was painful, continued Hood, yet strange, to mark how expert grew the old men, women and children in building their little underground forts, into which to fly for safety during the storm of shell and shot. Often amid the darkness of night they were constrained to seek safety in these dungeons beneath the earth. Albeit, I cannot recall one word from their lips expressive of dissatisfaction or willingness to surrender. On the 16th of August, Sherman issued his orders preparatory