. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . gons, and ambulances. ALLATOONA, GA. OOTOBBB 10, 1864 Unionists, under General Corse, 1,700. Killed, icowided, and prisoners, 600,I>isunionists, voider General French, 7,000. Killed and wounded, 275; prison-ers, 500. Ox the 2d of October, the rebel army, under General Hood,crossed the Chattahoochee, and began moving northward, with a
. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . gons, and ambulances. ALLATOONA, GA. OOTOBBB 10, 1864 Unionists, under General Corse, 1,700. Killed, icowided, and prisoners, 600,I>isunionists, voider General French, 7,000. Killed and wounded, 275; prison-ers, 500. Ox the 2d of October, the rebel army, under General Hood,crossed the Chattahoochee, and began moving northward, with aview to breaking the railroad between Dallas and Atlanta, thus in-terrupting General Shermans line of communication, and cuttingoff his base of supplies. The movement of the enemy becameknown to General Sherman on the following day; but, being un-certain as to Hoods intention, and both bridgea^in the Union rearhaving been swept away by a freshet, he delayed moving his forcestill the 4th instant, when three pontoon bridges were laid, overwhich the armies of the Cumberland, Ohio, and Tennessee werecrossed, and marched toward Marietta. As soon as General Sherman received an intimation thatHoods direction was Dallas, he sent a message to General Corse— 28. -JmJ«aifeie7~ ar ■^
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