. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . ding them onward to battle. McPherson ! and ^ Onward to victory ! were their onlythoughts; bitter, terrible revenge, their only aim. There wasno such thought that day as stopping short of victory or firm, spontaneous resolve was to win the day or perish withtheir slain leader on the bloody field. Fearfully was his deathavenged that day. His army, maddened by his death, and utterlyreckless of life, rushed with savage delight into the fiercestonslaughts, and fear
. The biography and public services of Hon James G. Blaine : giving a full account of twenty years in the national capital . ding them onward to battle. McPherson ! and ^ Onward to victory ! were their onlythoughts; bitter, terrible revenge, their only aim. There wasno such thought that day as stopping short of victory or firm, spontaneous resolve was to win the day or perish withtheir slain leader on the bloody field. Fearfully was his deathavenged that day. His army, maddened by his death, and utterlyreckless of life, rushed with savage delight into the fiercestonslaughts, and fearlessly plunged into the very jaws of wave after wave of Hoods daring troops dashed with terriblefury upon our lines, they were hurled back with a fearful shock,breaking their columns into fragments, as the granite headlandbreaks into foam the ocean billows. Across the narrow line ofworks raged the fierce storm of battle, the hissing shot and burst-ing shell raining death on every hand. Over dead and dying friends and foes rushed the swaying host,the shout of rebels confident of victory only drowned by the bat-. THE GEOBGIA CAMPAIGN. 475 tie-cry ^^McPlierson! which went up from the Army of theTennessee. Twelve thousand gallant men hit the dust ere thenight closed in, and the defeated and baffled enemy, after failingin his repeated and desperate assaults upon our lines, was com-pelled to give up the hopeless contest. Though compelled tofight in front and rear, victory crowned our arms. The foe, angry and sullen, moved slowly and stubbornly fromthe well-contested field, where his high hopes of victory hadbeen so sadly disappointed. Following up the advantage gained—and many minor contests ensued during our stay in front ofAtlanta—the Army of the Tennessee moved on to Jonesboro,where it met the enemy on the 31st of August, and routed himcompletely, effectually demoralizing his forces. It was then thatthe roar of our victorious guns, mingling with deafening peals,announ
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