. The Civil War : the national view . Street scene in Atlanta, 1864,. Ruins ot round house at Atlanta, 1864. T rUE FOURTH YEAR OF THE WAR 445 It was a strange sight in northwestern Georgia, in mid-November: two hostile armies marching away from eachother—Sherman southward, Hood northward, and each forthe same purpose—a deadly blow, the one to the Confed-eracy; the other, to the Nation. Sherman cut loose fromAtlanta, leaving Thomas to deal with Hood. GeneralGrant had doubts of the wisdom of leaving Hoods armybehind, recommending to Sherman that he beat Hood first;but Sherman had no great respec
. The Civil War : the national view . Street scene in Atlanta, 1864,. Ruins ot round house at Atlanta, 1864. T rUE FOURTH YEAR OF THE WAR 445 It was a strange sight in northwestern Georgia, in mid-November: two hostile armies marching away from eachother—Sherman southward, Hood northward, and each forthe same purpose—a deadly blow, the one to the Confed-eracy; the other, to the Nation. Sherman cut loose fromAtlanta, leaving Thomas to deal with Hood. GeneralGrant had doubts of the wisdom of leaving Hoods armybehind, recommending to Sherman that he beat Hood first;but Sherman had no great respect for Hoods generalshipand was confident that General Thomas was equal to thevast responsibility which Hoods army put upon him. Intruth Sherman appreciated Thomas and Grant did not. Itwas Grants confidence in Sherman, not his confidence inThomas that won his consent to Shermans march to thesea. At Franklin, Hood attacked Schofield with great furyand fought one of the bloodiest battles of the war, losing6,252, of whom only 700 were not killed or wounded; Gen-era
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