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was his classmate at West Point, about Hood—as to his general character, etc., and learned that he was bold, even to rashness, and courageous in the extreme. I inferred that the change of commanders meant fight. Notice of this important change was at once sent to all parts of the army, and every division commander was cautioned to be always prepared for battle in any shape. It would have been fortunate, as the sequel will show, if General Sherman had heeded his own cautions. On the 20th, Hood made a furious sally on the right. The Union loss was about two thousand, and General Sherman thus states the result: We had, however, met successfully a bold sally, had repelled it handsomely, and were also put on our guard; and the event illustrated the future tactics of our enemy. After this the reader would not expect to read of a great surprise. Nor will the traces of it be found very clearly marked in the book, as will now appear: During the night (of the 21st) I had fu
August 15th, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 10
e real reason for this confusion on the left does not appear in the Memoirs. The key to unlock the bloody mysteries of the 22d of July, where the Union loss was thirty-five hundred men, with General McPherson, and ten pieces of artillery, lies deeply covered under the sentence: For some moments I supposed the enemy intended to evacuate. Some omitted leaves from the official record will show how long these moments were. In a report made by General Sherman to General Halleck, dated August 15, 1864, this paragraph occurs, though it is not mentioned in his book: On the morning of the 22d, somewhat to my surprise, this whole line was found abandoned, and I confess I thought the enemy had resolved to give us Atlanta without further contest. But General Johnston had been relieved of the command, and General Hood substituted. A new policy seemed resolved upon, of which a bold attack upon our right was an index, * * * * About 10 A. M. I was in person with General Schofield examini
July 22nd, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 10
n's field letter book, in the morning of the day he was killed, furnishes a further commentary upon those moments, during which General Sherman thought the enemy intended to evacuate: three and A half miles East of Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864. Major-General John A. Logan, Commanding Fifteenth Army Corps: The enemy having evacuated their works in front of our lines, the supposition of Major-General Sherman is that they have given up Atlanta, and are retreating in the direction d expects a vigorous pursuit. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, James B. McPHERSON, Major-General. The following telegram also furnishes testimony to the same end: camp on railroad, four miles from Atlanta, 9 P. M., July 22, 1864. Major Thomas T. Eckert, Washington. At daylight to-day it was found that the rebels had gone from our entire front, and General Sherman announced the occupation of Atlanta by Schofield, and ordered pursuit by Thomas and McPherson. Vigor
July 22nd (search for this): chapter 10
Generals. General Sherman's recollections fail to supply the interesting and significant inside history of the battle of Atlanta, by which name the action of July 22d was usually known in his army. Speaking of two of the prominent actors in that battle, he says: I regarded both Generals Logan and Blair as volunteers, thin a great degree, disturb him. The real reason for this confusion on the left does not appear in the Memoirs. The key to unlock the bloody mysteries of the 22d of July, where the Union loss was thirty-five hundred men, with General McPherson, and ten pieces of artillery, lies deeply covered under the sentence: For some momentsrce. This appears from General Dodge's report of the operations of the Sixteenth Corps on the Atlanta campaign, in which he says: At 4 o'clock A. M. of the 22d of July, General Sweeney, commanding the Second Division, reported to me that the enemy had disappeared from his front, and I immediately ordered him to push forward a
July 21st (search for this): chapter 10
not only have prompted a full acknowledgment of such services, unaccompanied by any questioning of motives, but would also have led him to assume the responsibility for a surprise which belonged solely to himself. But the reader of these Memoirs will look in vain for the key with which to unlock the mysteries of the situation on that day. The official record, however, supplies it. Ten pages of the Memoirs are devoted to this action. The situation was as follows: On the night of the 21st of July Sherman's army had fought its way close up to the outer lines of the rebels, established at an average of a little over three miles from Atlanta, and north and east of the city. Thomas was on the right, with the Army of the Cumberland; Schofield, with the Army of the Ohio, occupied the center, and McPherson's Army of the Tennessee held the left. It had been ascertained three days before—that is, on the 18th—that Hood had relieved Johnston, and what was expected of the former is shown
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