The history of the state of Indiana from the earliest explorations by the French to the present timeContaining an account of the principal civil, political and military events from 1763 to 1903 . could carry the war to the OhioRiver, and perhaps across that stream into either Ohio orIndiana. For some davs the object of Hood remained un-certain to Sherman, but that General disposed Ins troopsto checkmate whatever the movement might portend. Hooddisplaved a good deal of generalship in cloaking his move-ments; and finallv reached Snake Creek Gap on his way tothe North, without Sherman being able
The history of the state of Indiana from the earliest explorations by the French to the present timeContaining an account of the principal civil, political and military events from 1763 to 1903 . could carry the war to the OhioRiver, and perhaps across that stream into either Ohio orIndiana. For some davs the object of Hood remained un-certain to Sherman, but that General disposed Ins troopsto checkmate whatever the movement might portend. Hooddisplaved a good deal of generalship in cloaking his move-ments; and finallv reached Snake Creek Gap on his way tothe North, without Sherman being able to do much morethan follow him. , Preparatorv to his contemplated move on Tennessee anathe North, Hood had ordered Forrest to make a raid witiia large force on Shermans communications. On the i-rt orSeptember Forrest appeared before Athens. There he cap-tured about five hundred men of the garrison and biirneathe stores. Half an hour later the Eighteenth ^lichiganand the One Hundred and Third Ohio also was Forrests last success. He found that the l;efier-als wore preparing to meet and crush him, so he diviaenhis forces. He sent Buford with 4000 men to Huutsville, —416—. SENATOR DAVID TURPIE. FRANKLIN AND NASHVILLE. 417 which he threatened, but the Federal commander could notbe frightened. On the 2d of October Buford appeared be-fore Athens, which had been re-garrisoned by the Seventy-third Indiana. Buford thought he would have an easy vic-tory, and on the refusal of Lieutenant Colonel Shade, of theSeventy-third, to surrender, he assaulted the works severaltimes, but was repulsed each time with heavy loss. Forrestfinally escaped and crossed the Tennessee River, havingwholly failed in accomplishing the object of his expedi-tion. Sherman followed Hood with his whole army, havingfirst sent Thomas to Chattanooga to organize the forcesthere to intercept the Confederates. Sherman had longcontemplated breaking away from his base and making amarch to the sea, and he
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