. The new eclectic history of the United States . ank movements, always managed to seize hislines of supply and force him to fall back. 556. In this way the two armies arrived near Atlanta, whereJohnston was superseded by General Hood, andmore active operations commenced. Johnstons lcautious tactics, though they had displeased his W 9 gsuperiors, were fully justified by the results. t^ ,^~v^Hood was three times defeated within nine $/days, with a loss of 20,000 men. Shermanbroke up the railroads to the west and southof Atlanta, and managed to throw himself be-tween two divisions of Hoods army,
. The new eclectic history of the United States . ank movements, always managed to seize hislines of supply and force him to fall back. 556. In this way the two armies arrived near Atlanta, whereJohnston was superseded by General Hood, andmore active operations commenced. Johnstons lcautious tactics, though they had displeased his W 9 gsuperiors, were fully justified by the results. t^ ,^~v^Hood was three times defeated within nine $/days, with a loss of 20,000 men. Shermanbroke up the railroads to the west and southof Atlanta, and managed to throw himself be-tween two divisions of Hoods army, so that he could crush first Destruction of Atlanta. — Thusout-generaled, and cut off fromsupplies, Hood destroyed what hecould of the mills, foundries,and stores in Atlanta, andleft the place. Georgia, the Empire State of the South,surpassed all the other se-ceded States in the num-ber and value of hermanufactures. The de-struction of the machine-hops, factories, and foundries,wuiiam t. Sherman. whence the greater part of its .. J. B. Hood. and then the Shermans march to the sea.: 33i material of war had been derived, was a fatal blow to theblockaded Confederacy. 558. Shermans March to the Sea.—Hood pushed northwardinto Tennessee, expecting that Sherman would follow this was no part of the Federal plan. Leaving generalsSchofield and Thomas to complete the destruction of Hoods
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