. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 0F1TCERS QUARTERS AT DECATUR HOTEL, 1801. anee suffers somewhat from theiroccupation, but digging was oftenmore important than fighting, forthe soldier. Having despatchedThomas to Nashville, and havingli li strongly entrenched garrisonsat Allatoona and Resaca, as wellas at Decatur, Sherman launchedhis army from Atlanta, Novem-ber 15, 1801. He cherished thehope that Hood would attackone of the fortified places he hadleft behind, and that is preciselywhat occurred. Hood
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 0F1TCERS QUARTERS AT DECATUR HOTEL, 1801. anee suffers somewhat from theiroccupation, but digging was oftenmore important than fighting, forthe soldier. Having despatchedThomas to Nashville, and havingli li strongly entrenched garrisonsat Allatoona and Resaca, as wellas at Decatur, Sherman launchedhis army from Atlanta, Novem-ber 15, 1801. He cherished thehope that Hood would attackone of the fortified places he hadleft behind, and that is preciselywhat occurred. Hood and Beau-regard believed that Shermansarmy was doomed, and turnedtoward Tennessee. Sherman be-lieved that his march would bethe culminating blow to theConfederacy. The lower photo-graph shows the pontoon-bridgebuilt by Sherman at Decatur atthe time his army marched swiftlyto the relief of Chattanooga. PONTOON-BRIDGE AT DECATUR
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