Chapter 35:
- An intrigue in Richmond against Gen. Johnston. -- evidence of it. -- Gen. Bragg's visit to Atlanta. -- removal of Gen. Johnston from command. -- the battles of Atlanta. -- engagements of the 20th, 22d, and 28th July. -- Sherman's designs on the Macon road. -- unsuccessful raids of Stoneman and McCook. -- Hood's great mistake. -- he sends off his cavalry towards Chattanooga. -- Sherman moves on the Macon road. -- defeat of Hardee at Jonesboroa. -- Hood evacuates Atlanta, and retreats to Lovejoy's Station. -- Sherman's occupation of Atlanta. -- his order for its depopulation. -- atrocious character of this measure. -- the fall of Atlanta a serious disaster for the Confederates. -- visit of President Davis to the military lines in Georgia. -- his speech at Macon. -- he betrays to the enemy the new military design. -- Hood's new movement to Tennessee. -- Sherman follows to Gaylesville. -- he turns back and determines to traverse the State of Georgia to the sea. -- his correspondence with Grant. -- how the enterprise was a plain one. -- no peril or genius in it. -- Errors of the Hood -- Davis strategy. -- Hood's Tennessee campaign. -- he loses the great opportunity of the campaign at Spring Hill. -- Schofield effects a retreat to Franklin. -- battle of Franklin. -- heroic conduct of the Confederate troops. -- remarkable loss among their general officers. -- battle of Nashville. -- Gen. Grant's fears that Hood would invade Kentucky. -- probable effect of such a movement. -- the enemy's plan of battle. -- the second day's fight. -- Hood's assurance of victory. -- a Confederate brigade gives way before a skirmish line of the enemy. -- a disgraceful panic and rout. -- Hood escapes across the Tennessee River. -- his losses. -- the whole scheme of Confederate defence terminated West of the Alleghanies
Gen. Lee had moved from the Rapidan to Richmond, with an increase of reputation at each stage of the retreat. It is curious that when Gen. Johnston moved from the Northern frontier of Georgia to Atlanta, even with greater success, he should not have experienced similar tokens of approbation. The fact was that he was the subject of a deep intrigue in Richmond, to displace him from the command of an army, whose affections and confidence he had never ceased to enjoy; and even while he was moving in the march from Dalton, his removal from command was secretly entertained in Richmond. There is a certain delicate evidence of this, which the historian should not spare. While the march referred to was in
