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The Daily Dispatch: August 20, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
be any doubt that the battle of the 6th of August, before Atlanta, was quite a serious affair. For several days previous, General Sherman had been massing his troops on the right, and making all necessary preparations for a determined assault on Hood's works. The object of the Federal commander was to force his way to the Macon road and compel Hood either to accept battle in the open field or to evacuate Atlanta. The movement was intended to have been secret, sudden, and, it was hope, dHood either to accept battle in the open field or to evacuate Atlanta. The movement was intended to have been secret, sudden, and, it was hope, decisive. Delays, however, occurred. On the 4th and 5th, the troops of the Twenty-third and Fourteenth corps were in line of battle, and positions were assigned them from which an engagement was to have been brought on. On the evening of the 5th, the Fourteenth corps, supported by a portion of the Twenty-third, was ordered to advance and drive the enemy from a position in front of the Federal line. A misunderstanding on a point of military etiquette arose between the commanders, and the moveme