. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . s warned, and got ready to defend Chattanooga, whileSherman now made forced marches so asto overtake his enemy and force him tobattle. Finding us on his heels, Hood,picking up two or three small garrisons,but leaving untouched those that showedgreat pluck, like that of the resoluteColonel Clark R. We ver at Resaca, % rushedthrough Sugar Valley and Snake CreekGap, choking it behind him with command, following rapidly throughthe pass (October 16th), cut away orthrew the gap
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . s warned, and got ready to defend Chattanooga, whileSherman now made forced marches so asto overtake his enemy and force him tobattle. Finding us on his heels, Hood,picking up two or three small garrisons,but leaving untouched those that showedgreat pluck, like that of the resoluteColonel Clark R. We ver at Resaca, % rushedthrough Sugar Valley and Snake CreekGap, choking it behind him with command, following rapidly throughthe pass (October 16th), cut away orthrew the gap obstructions to the rightand left, and camped close up to Hoodsrear-guard. He again refused battle, andwe pursued him beyond Gaylesville, Ala-bama. Between Rome and Gaylesville,General Ransom, the gallant and prom-ising young officer before mentioned, diedfrom over-work and exposure due to ourforced marches. Taking advantage of a rich country, Sherman recuperatedhis men and moved slowly back to the Chattahoochee. Now, with the fullconsent of Grant, he hastened his preparations for his grand march to the BREVET T. E. G. A PHOTOGRAPH. I was with him, he caught a faint glimpse of the tell-taleHag through an embrasure, aud after much time hemade out these letters: C, R, S, E, H, E, R, aud translated the message, Corse is here. Itwas a source of great relief, for it gave me the first as-surance that General Corse had received his orders, andthat the place was adequately garrisoned. I watched• with painful suspense the indications of the battleraging there, aud was dreadfully impatient at the slowprogress of the relieving column, whose advance wasmarked by the smokes which were made according toorders, but about 2 p. m. I noticed with satisfaction thatthe smoke of battle about Allatoona grew less and less,and ceased altogether about 4 P. M. For a time I attrib-uted this result to the effect of General Coxs march,but later in the afternoon the signa
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