. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . THE STORY OF AMERICA. i49 Davis, when Jonesboro and many guns and prisoners wei*- calcen 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 which he laid siege, he was struckby Thomas, December 15th, with great skill and determinatio
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . THE STORY OF AMERICA. i49 Davis, when Jonesboro and many guns and prisoners wei*- calcen 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 which he laid siege, he was struckby Thomas, December 15th, with great skill and determination during a twodays battle, and broken to pieces, having lost more than 13,000, besides seventy-two pieces of artillery. The Union loss was 10,000 during the campaign. InNovember and December Sherman at the head of 65,500, including the cavalryprotection of Kilpatrick, executed his famous march to the sea, , from Atlantato Savannah. His reward was 167 guns and 1328 prisoners and a demoralizedSouth. The Confederate General Hardee, who had already evacuated S
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