. Battling for Atlanta . gration of the army. There is much that can be said on both sides,replied General Polk, musingly; but I trusta decisive battle will be fought before long. Sher-man in some of his movementsmust surely throw himself opento attack. Will such an opportu-nity be taken advantage of?snapped Hood, spitefully. I sincerely trust so, re-sponded Polk; and biddingGeneral Hood good-day, herode slowly away. On the plain near Adairs-ville General Johnston marshaled his army forbattle; but the position did not suit him, and hefell back toward Cassville. In his pursuit General Sherman d
. Battling for Atlanta . gration of the army. There is much that can be said on both sides,replied General Polk, musingly; but I trusta decisive battle will be fought before long. Sher-man in some of his movementsmust surely throw himself opento attack. Will such an opportu-nity be taken advantage of?snapped Hood, spitefully. I sincerely trust so, re-sponded Polk; and biddingGeneral Hood good-day, herode slowly away. On the plain near Adairs-ville General Johnston marshaled his army forbattle; but the position did not suit him, and hefell back toward Cassville. In his pursuit General Sherman divided his army,each flank being separated from the center by aninterval of from six to eight miles. It was General Johnstons opportunity, and heattempted to turn it to his advantage. GeneralHood advised him to give battle near Adairsville,but Johnston thought it best to concentrate hisarmy at Cassville and give battle at or near thatplace. He reasoned that after leaving Adairs-ville the Federal army would be more widely. GENERAL JOHNSTON. A BATTLE THAT WAS NEVER FOUGHT. 59 divided than ever, and in this he reasoned cor-rectly. When he retreated from Adairsville he so man-aged it that General Sherman was led to believethat he had fallen back on Kingston, and Shermanmoved his army with that understanding. ThusJohnston had his whole army massed against theextreme left, and could have thrown his entire forceon the Army of the Ohio. He waited one day toolong. The evening of May i8th found the entire Con-federate army massed before Cassville. GeneralJohnston now announced his intention of givingbattle, and issued an address to his soldiers to thateffect. To General Hood he said: The time you have been looking for has army is divided. His left flank is hisweakest point, and to you I give the post of respon-sibility. To-morrow advance your corps out onthe Canton road, and as soon as you hear the*roarof Polks guns, attack Schofield on flank and in swift and su
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