. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . THE RUIN OF HOODS RETREAT—DEMOLISHED CARS AND ROLLING-MILL On the night of August 31st, in his headquarters near Jonesboro, Sherman could not sleep. That dayhe had defeated the force sent against him at Jonesboro and cut them off from returning to Atlanta. Thiswas Hoods last effort to save his communications. About midnight sounds of exploding shells and whatseemed like volleys of musketry arose in the direction of Atlanta. The day had been exciting in that
. The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . THE RUIN OF HOODS RETREAT—DEMOLISHED CARS AND ROLLING-MILL On the night of August 31st, in his headquarters near Jonesboro, Sherman could not sleep. That dayhe had defeated the force sent against him at Jonesboro and cut them off from returning to Atlanta. Thiswas Hoods last effort to save his communications. About midnight sounds of exploding shells and whatseemed like volleys of musketry arose in the direction of Atlanta. The day had been exciting in that and ammunition that Hood could carry with him were being removed; large quantities of pro-visions were being distributed among the citizens, and as the troops marched out they were allowed totake what they could from the public stores. All that remained was destroyed. The noise that Shermanheard that night was the blowing up of the rolling-mill and of about a hundred cars and six engines loadedwith Hoods abandoned ammunition. The picture shows the Georgia Central Railroad east of the BLAIR, OF MISSOURI Although remaining politically neutral through-out the war, Missouri contributed four hundredand forty-seven separate military organizationsto the Federal armies, and over one hundred tothe Confederacy. The Union sentiment in theState is said to have been due to Frank P. Blair,who, early in 1S01, began organizing home subsequently joined Grants command andserved with that leader until Sherman took thehelm in the West. With Sherman Major-GeneralBlair fought in Georgia and through the Carohnaa. BAKER, OF CALIFORNIA California contributed twelve military organiza-tions to the Federal forces, but none of them tookpart in the campaigns east of the Senator, Edward D. Baker, was in his placein Washington when the war broke out, and,being a close friend of Lincoln, promptly organizeda regiment of Pennsylvanians which was bestknown by it
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