. The great American book of biography . 0. In East Tennesseethe Confederate raider Morgan captured 1600 Unionists at Licking River, butwas himself soon after chased away with a loss of half his force. During thes(operations General Sherman advanced (May 18, 1864) with 100,000 men fromChattanooga. He was stubbornly resisted by General J. E. Johnston with anarmy of 54,000. At Kenesaw Mountain Sherman lost 3000 men while theConfederates lost 442. He, however, kept flanking and fighdng the Confed-erates until he reached Atlanta, during which two months the enemy had lost14,200 men; but reinforcem
. The great American book of biography . 0. In East Tennesseethe Confederate raider Morgan captured 1600 Unionists at Licking River, butwas himself soon after chased away with a loss of half his force. During thes(operations General Sherman advanced (May 18, 1864) with 100,000 men fromChattanooga. He was stubbornly resisted by General J. E. Johnston with anarmy of 54,000. At Kenesaw Mountain Sherman lost 3000 men while theConfederates lost 442. He, however, kept flanking and fighdng the Confed-erates until he reached Atlanta, during which two months the enemy had lost14,200 men; but reinforcements kept their numbers up to 51,000. During 312 STORY OF THE CIVIL WAR. these movements the Confederate General Polk, who on accepting his commis-sion in the army had not resigned his position as a Bishop of the ProtestantEpiscopal Church, was killed by a cannon ball while reconnoitring on PineMountain, a few miles north of Marietta. Hood succeeded Johnston, andaimed a heavy blow at Thomas, on Shermans right, losing 4000 and inflicting. LONGSTREET REPORTING AT BKAGGS HEADQUARTERS. a loss of but 1500. On the 22d occurred another great battle in whichMcPherson, a very superior Union general, was killed, and 4000 Unionistswere lost. The Confederate loss was, however, not less than 8000. GeneralStoneman whilst raiding Hoods rear was captured, with 1000 of his , after suffering a heavy repulse by Logan, and another at Jonesboroby Howard, in the latter of which he lost 2000, and still another by J. C. SHERMANS FAMOUS MARCH. 313 Davis, when Jonesboro and many guns and prisoners were taken fromhim, retreated eastward, leaving Atlanta, September ist, to the Union reinforced, however, so as to have about 55,000 troops, he returned foran invasion of Tennessee. At Franklin, November 30th, he made a desperateonset against Schofield, and was baffled, at an expense of 4500 men to himselfand of 2320 to the Union. At Nashville, to whicli he laid siege, he was struckby
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