. Trials and triumphs : the record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry . Hood rode outof Atlanta on the night of September i, he knew that the armyunder his command had given up to the Union forces in this cam-paign twelve fortified positions, of which Atlanta was the chief andlast. The force under Major Wickham did not return to the camp atTurners Ferry, but was posted as guards, and on September 4 thebrigade marched into Atlanta and encamped on the McDonoughroad south of the city. Here the Twentieth Corps rested andrepaired the fatigues and losses of the campaign. The four monthsof 18
. Trials and triumphs : the record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry . Hood rode outof Atlanta on the night of September i, he knew that the armyunder his command had given up to the Union forces in this cam-paign twelve fortified positions, of which Atlanta was the chief andlast. The force under Major Wickham did not return to the camp atTurners Ferry, but was posted as guards, and on September 4 thebrigade marched into Atlanta and encamped on the McDonoughroad south of the city. Here the Twentieth Corps rested andrepaired the fatigues and losses of the campaign. The four monthsof 1864 from May 2 to September 2 had taught officers and soldiersmany lessons in the art of war. The skill of the generals of the con-tending armies was supplemented by the courage and activity ofAnglo-Saxon volunteers, who, to bravery, joined ingenuity and intel-Ugence of a high order. General Sherman had the satisfaction ofseeing in the armies he led a real patriotic organization, animated *The detail from the Fifty-Fifth Ohio comprised forty men under Captain George Collingwood Sergeant, Company D ) JiiNF. 22. 1864, IN Battle of Kenesaw Mountain
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