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The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 1,463 127 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 1,378 372 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 9. (ed. Frank Moore) 810 42 Browse Search
John Bell Hood., Advance and Retreat: Personal Experiences in the United States and Confederate Armies 606 8 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 11. (ed. Frank Moore) 565 25 Browse Search
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman . 473 17 Browse Search
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 3: The Decisive Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 373 5 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 372 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 277 1 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 232 78 Browse Search
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circuitous march from Jonesboro', on the Macon and Western railroad, twenty-two miles south of Atlanta, placed himself on the Western and Atlantic railroad at Big Shanty, twenty-five miles northwest of Atlanta, and had destroyed the railroad from Big Shanty to Acworth, a point ten miles further north. In this position he was directly in Sherman's rear, the latter being at Atlanta, and the WesAtlanta, and the Western and Atlantic road being his sole line of communication. It was believed, if Hood would hold this position, Sherman would be compelled, by lack of subsistence, to march out from Atlanta and attaAtlanta and attack us, with the hope of re-opening his communications with Chattanooga. But it seems Hood did not maintain this position. From Acworth he sent French against Altoona, Sherman's principal depot patch, at Resaca, which is fifty miles north of Acworth and eighty-four miles north by west of Atlanta. The dispatch tells us his "forces have destroyed the Western and Atlantic railroad from n
l Hood's headquarters, accompanied by Governor Harris, of Tennessee. A party just out from Atlanta — at least he left that city on the 28th ultimo--reports that the impression seemed to prevail nt consisted of only a portion of our main army, and that the larger portion was still between Atlanta and Macon, under Beauregard. This may account for their apparent apathy concerning Hood's movewhenever it suited them. Major-General Bate, of Tennessee, who was severely wounded before Atlanta, passed through here to-day, en route to take charge of his old command, which has temporarily . As the army moves on it increases in strength. Men who straggled when the army retreated to Atlanta, and who were left in the enemy's lines, are now coming back to their comrades, rallying aroundrrived at Newman to-day. They belong to the Seventeenth corps, (Blair's) and had never been to Atlanta. They comprise men from Ohio, Illinois and Missouri, and are, generally speaking, fine looking
Later from Europe. --The latest European advices are to the 2d instant. The prize fight between Coburn and Mace did not come off. It appears that Coburn paced the field intended for the scene of the fight amid tremendous shouts from the immense multitude. Mace did not make his appearance. It is expected that Coburn will claim the stakes. The matter stands over for adjudication by the stakeholder on the 7th. The London Times says the capture of Atlanta by Sherman, and the subsequent victory of Sheridan, render the reelection of Mr. Lincoln to the Presidency almost certain.