. . inted da The Georgia legislature had been in session at Milledgeville,making bloodthirsty speeches and passing acts which were in-tended to bring sure andswift destruction upon theinvading host of Sherman,The latter only laughed atthese fulminations; tbwere as impotent as the ef-forts of the legendary woman to beat back with abroom the waves of theocean. At Sherman*s ap-proach the lawgivers seizedtheir personal belongingsand fled in uncontrollablepanic. On leaving Milledge-ville, Kilpatrick was orderedto make a detour to thenorth
. . inted da The Georgia legislature had been in session at Milledgeville,making bloodthirsty speeches and passing acts which were in-tended to bring sure andswift destruction upon theinvading host of Sherman,The latter only laughed atthese fulminations; tbwere as impotent as the ef-forts of the legendary woman to beat back with abroom the waves of theocean. At Sherman*s ap-proach the lawgivers seizedtheir personal belongingsand fled in uncontrollablepanic. On leaving Milledge-ville, Kilpatrick was orderedto make a detour to thenorthward, feinting towardAugusta, but endeavoringto reach and destroy theimportant railroad bridgenear Waynesboro, half wax-bet ween Augusta and Mil-ieu, lie was then to movelftly on Millen, and, ifpossible, set at liberty thelarge number of Union prisoners of war confined at that Augusta, Kilpatrick found Wheelers cavalry block-ing the way, and turning sharply to the right marched rapidlytoward Waynesboro. Wheeler followed in hot pursuit, and so. GEORGE W. POME ROY, FIRST LI KMT). l:, mlaigiilin RON. 1864.] FIGHTING GENERAL WHEELER. 903 embarrassed Kilpatrick that the project of destroying the trestlehad to be abandoned. Kilpatrick then started for Milieu, butlearned that, in anticipation of such a demonstration, the Unionprisoners had all been spirited away. Kilpatrick then deter-mined to rejoin the left wing of the army at Louisville. Turning south to Buckhead creek, the Union cavalry took astrong position and awaited an attack from Wheeler, who wasclose upon the trail. He did attack with great fury, but was de-cisively repulsed, with severe loss. This defeat somewhat cooledthe ardor of Wheeler, and Kilpatrick was enabled to reach themain body at Louisville, as he designed. Because Kilpatrick hadretired from Buckhead, in carrying out this purpose, Wheelerboasted grandly that he had whipped him. Stung by this, Kil-patrick asked of General Sherman permissi
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