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ad been ordered to Poplar Springs, and soon afterward to the trenches on the west of the Marietta road. From that time until the close of the siege they were under close fire, night and day, and moving from one station to another had their full share of all the hardest places, from the Marietta road to the extreme right. Sherman, finding that he could not push his lines closer immediately south of Atlanta, determined to move his whole army further south, beyond the stretching capacity of Hood's army, and ride over opposition by sheer force of concentrated strength. But before beginning he ordered 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