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swept by artillery, if posted on a hill a mile distant, but he considered the danger trifling. At any rate, the army again retreated on the 20th, crossing the Etowah river, a step, Johnston reported, which I have regretted ever since. In the fighting of this day (May 19th), Mercer's brigade was thrown out in Walker's front andred most was Hood's; the division, Cantey's. Sherman says he lost 2,747 at Resaca alone. After leaving Cassville, Johnston encamped his corps not far from the Etowah river and watched for the enemy's next move. The gallant Wheeler, commanding the cavalry on the east, made a dash around the Federal left, and on the 24th drove able of defense was on Allatoona creek, the front line on Pumpkin Vine creek, running southwest from the vicinity of Allatoona. The Federal forces crossed the, Etowah at Rome and other points between there and Stilesboro, and, to meet this movement, Johnston on the 23d sent Hardee's corps toward Dallas, Polk moving in the same