. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ^m^^m: SCENE OF GENEliAL MCPHERSONS DEATH, ON THE BATTLE-FIELD OF JULY 22. FROM WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPHS. A 32-pounder cannon, set upon a granite block, now marks the spot of General McPhersons death. A large pine stands within a few feet of the monument, which faces a partly improved roadway that is called McPhcrson Avenue. THE STRUGGLE FOR ATLANTA. m MM /■& ■I wi l I fBi —. MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES B. UcPHERSON, KILLED JULY 22, 1864. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. assured, for was not Shermans c
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ^m^^m: SCENE OF GENEliAL MCPHERSONS DEATH, ON THE BATTLE-FIELD OF JULY 22. FROM WAR-TIME PHOTOGRAPHS. A 32-pounder cannon, set upon a granite block, now marks the spot of General McPhersons death. A large pine stands within a few feet of the monument, which faces a partly improved roadway that is called McPhcrson Avenue. THE STRUGGLE FOR ATLANTA. m MM /■& ■I wi l I fBi —. MAJOR-GENERAL JAMES B. UcPHERSON, KILLED JULY 22, 1864. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. assured, for was not Shermans cavalry well out of the way, breaking a rail-road and burning bridges at and beyond Decatur ? And thus far no Yankeeexcept a chance prisoner had discovered this Jacksonian march ! The morningshowed us empty trenches from Bald Hill to the right of Thomas. We quicklyclosed again on Atlanta, skirmishing as we went. McPhersons left was, how-ever, near enough already, only a single valley lying between Blairs positionand the outer defensive works of the city. The Sixteenth Corps (Dodge), hav-ing sent a detachment under General Sprague to hold Decatur, to support thecavalry and take care of sundry army wagons,— a thing successfully accom-plished,—had marched, on the 21st, toward Atlanta. Dodge remained for thenight with head of column a mile or more in rear of Blairs general line. THE STRUGGLE FOR ATLANTA. 317 Fullers division was nearest Blairs left, and Sweenys not far from theAugu
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