. Atlanta and its builders, a comprehensive history of the Gate city of the South. ght into At-lanta, or, at least, to march around to the Macon and Westernrailroad and cut off Hoods principal line of communication. Thatquarter was weak, comparatively speaking, but Hood had not re-laxed his vigilance there. General Wheelers dismounted cavalryhad been posted in the trenches defending the railroad and theeastern approaches to the city, and General G. W. Smiths Geor-gia militiamen were there in support. McPherson did not deal ablow that represented more than a moiety of his great he
. Atlanta and its builders, a comprehensive history of the Gate city of the South. ght into At-lanta, or, at least, to march around to the Macon and Westernrailroad and cut off Hoods principal line of communication. Thatquarter was weak, comparatively speaking, but Hood had not re-laxed his vigilance there. General Wheelers dismounted cavalryhad been posted in the trenches defending the railroad and theeastern approaches to the city, and General G. W. Smiths Geor-gia militiamen were there in support. McPherson did not deal ablow that represented more than a moiety of his great he done so, there might have been no siege of Atlanta for thehistorian to recount. Pie felt forward with the extreme leftof the Fifteenth Army Corps, the leading brigade being com-manded by Brigadier-General Walter Q. Gresham. The Federalsadvanced diagonally toward Atlanta, slowly sweeping Wheelersskirmishers before them past the railroad, and skirmishing upagainst an open knob called Bald Hill, a very important Confeder-ate outpost. General Gresham was severely wounded in the leg. Battle Of Peach tree Creek 379 and had to be carried off the field. Wheeler held his ground withgreat gallantry, repulsing Blairs attack. In the evening Cle-burnes division was hurried around to that position from thePeachtree Creek battle ground, and Shermans hope of making aneasy flank movement in that direction was dissipated. As Lieutenant-General A. P. Stewarts corps practicallyfought the battle of Peachtree Creek, his report is of chief im-portance. He said in part: On the morning of the 20th it wasdecided at army headquarters that at 1 p. m. that day an attackshould be made on the enemy by this corps and Hardees. Theplan was for the divisions (commencing on Hardees right) tomove forward successively in echelon at intervals of some 200yards, to attack the enemy, drive him back to the creek, and thenpress down the creek to the left. Should the enemy be found in-trenched his works were to be carried
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