. Redeeming the republic : the third period of the war of the rebellion, in the year 1864 . e army had retreated across the Etowah River, whichrises in north-eastern Georgia, runs south, finds its way through themountains and hills north of AHatoona, and flows on westward to Rome,where it is joined by the Oostenaula. Together they form the Coosa. Itwas a very strong position at Cassville from which Johnston had retreat-ed, but he had selected another much stronger at AHatoona. The railroad, after crossing the Etowah, runs south-east. At AHatoonathere is a deep cut through a range of hills. Pum
. Redeeming the republic : the third period of the war of the rebellion, in the year 1864 . e army had retreated across the Etowah River, whichrises in north-eastern Georgia, runs south, finds its way through themountains and hills north of AHatoona, and flows on westward to Rome,where it is joined by the Oostenaula. Together they form the Coosa. Itwas a very strong position at Cassville from which Johnston had retreat-ed, but he had selected another much stronger at AHatoona. The railroad, after crossing the Etowah, runs south-east. At AHatoonathere is a deep cut through a range of hills. Pumpkin-vine Creek risesamid the hills around the town of Dallas, twenty miles or more south-westof , runs north, then north-west to the Etowah. When General Sherman was a young man, in 1844, he rode over thecountry between Atlanta and Chattanooga. He was quick to see all the years he remembered the topography of the region.^)He thought that Johnston would be likely to select AHatoona for a defen-sive position, and he had no intention of advancing against it. If he. i •mm«M IBIUlS 1, LI .I!l ! :,V, JPf I1!]! NEW HOPE AND KENESAW. 231 could turn Johnstons flank, Allatoona would be of no value to the Con-federates. Were we to stand on the hill near Allatoona and look south, we shouldsee Pine Mountain, rising so beautifully and conspicuously that it is alandmark for a wide reach of country. Beyond it in the south-west isLost Mountain standing by itself. Another beautiful mountain, Kenesaw,rises higher than either of these, from the top of which we can lookmany miles in all directions. It is eighteen miles from Allatoona. Thetown of Marietta, with its public square and shaded streets, is only threemiles south of Kenesaw. This section of country was to be the secondgreat battle-ground of the campaign. Going now south-west from Alla-toona to Dallas, we find that Pumpkin-vine Creek winds through a nar-row valley with steep banks. North-east of Dallas four mile
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