The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-07-27
Geographical Position orAtl;,,,t:,

ianta: The Georgia RAILROAD, 1.-THE Westcrp and
Atlantic, the Macon and Wcstern and tllc At
hnta and West Point: The first one of these
the Georgia, was completed about 1928, and
then Terminated at ."'Whitchal," small coun-
try tavern near the centre Of Fulton county.
Commencing at Augusta it ran in a northwest
direction to that point. Then the Macon and
western was constructed from this city to
Wh!teha!!, and soon after the tlieh!avil}sge IF
whitehall was named the. town Of Atlanta
The West Point road was the next constructed
running to the Chattahoochcc river on the
western boundary of the State. The Western
ana Atlantic, running northw west OF Chattanoo-
ga, Tenn, followed
The county Of Fulton, of which Atlanta is
tpe center, is bounded qn its entire northwest
lace by the Chattahoochec river. This stream
rises III the Black Mountains, spurs of the Blu,
h'dge' IN Habersham county, aud not far from
where' IN the same country, by the junction of
Inc !alulah and Chaltooga creeks, tho Suvan
nan Is formed. Flowing southwest, for Il dis
lance OF one hundred and fifty miles it strikes
the Alabama line south Of the thirty-third par
ai:el, ana trom thence runs almost due south,
dividing the States Of Alabama and Gcorpia.
and hnal'y: empties into Apalachicola river and
the Gulf of Mexico.
oN'
hoochec bridge, where the Western and Al.
lantic Railroad crosses the river This bridrc,
has been destroyed by tile Confederates. and is
again being constructed by the Yankees. 4
few hundred yards above this BRIDGE p,acl,trcc
creek comes into the Chattahoochcts from tho
east. A little creek called Nancc's, runs into
Peachtree just above the mouth of the latter
Farther up the Chattahoochcc;, and sixteen
miles northeast Of Atlanta on its northern
bank and in Cobb county, is tile little town af.
Roswell, which at present is the base of the
lett wing OF Shermans army. This town is
due cast of Marietta.
Decatur Is town, or rather the first dcpot
on the Georgia Railroad, four miles from At.
lanta, and sixteen from Roswell.
Stone Monntan~is an isolated barren neal,
several hundred feet in height, and pcrls ps two
in'les around the base abruptly rising from the
PLAN like one OF the Pyramids of Ervp,, ten
miles from Decatur and sixteen from ATLANTA.
1t can be seen from long distallcc off, and
ffcn ITS summit grand view of the country
can be obtained. There is not = tree or shrub
npon IT, but presents nothing to view but rocks
ana rocky cliffs 1t is supposed that Lo"a,,'s
corps OF Shermans army has now poss, s,i.,u
OF tac mountain and the railroad near if /, *
the only elevation Of the slightest inporapcp
amy where about Atlanta.
1t is one hundred and thirty-eight miles
from Atlanta TO Chattanooga ono hundrcd and
seventy-onc from Atlanta to Augusta eighty
four to West Point; one hundred and s;xtv
eight to Montgomery anu ono hundred and
ten from Atlanta to Macon. East Point is s;v
miles west on the West Point road. The Ma.
con g. Western and the Atlanta & West
Point railroads form a junction at East Point,
bpt trains OF either company run into the heart
of the city. At one place, Pcachtree creek runs
within five miles Of the city: At the last ac
counts the enemy were all along this insjgnif
cant little branch
Fulton county IS bounded on tho cast bv
Dekalb, on the south by, Fayette on the west
by Campbell, ard OH the North by Cobb coun-
tics. 1t is oddly shaped, for whilst its extreme
length from north to south is thirty miles, its
width from east to west il only ten. 1t is
drained by the Chattahoochcc and Peachtree
creek at tic north, and another little creek in
the southwest, the name of which VIC have for.
gotten. The land is of the poorest red CLAW
and very. unproductive. The surface of the
country is generally flat with here and t,ere
small ridges, and wholly uninvitng to the TIL
lers OF the soil.-Macon Confederate.
Among the stores taken at Martinsburg. Va
by the Confederates was 81 100000 worth Of,
medical and a large amount Of commissarv
stores, including 100000 bushels of corn and