American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-08-02

Thus hill and vale in turn gave way, IN spite of John
stons skill
And Hood came forth-becaae their ehef-Jeffs mis-
sion to fulfill
And we'll did he fulfill the mission of the
arch fend whose cry was blood, for the
blood of the pure and innocent, for the
cries of the orphan and the walls of the
widow His mastery maneuvres are
matters of history and need no present
comment.
Crossing the Chattahoochic river, we
kept our onward course for Atlanta
Here the enemy made bloody and des-
peratc stand At Peach Tree Greek, on
the goth of July, the enemy were deter
mined to break our lines and ''annihilate
the bold INVADERS" but in their mad at
tempt many hundreds of the chisalry
were "put to sleep" At this place the
heroic MPherson fell.
Let history its eruson page these three days strife
portray
Let HiaKEn and MCPHERSON peak from their abodes of
clHy.
Let mothers tell with trembling voice. Of who
And wiiow. too with fearful eyes, their mournful
ny tell.
Finding it a matter of impossibilty to
to take Atlanta from his present position
Sherman changed his base, and moved
for Jouesboro, Ga, some 24 miles from
Atlanta, where On the 1st of September
was fought the final battle for the capture
and possession of the proud and aristo-
cratic city of Atlanta, the key to the
whole Southern Conlederacy. Following
up our advantage, we took possession of
Atlanta While quietly resting our wea-
ried forces, Hood prepared for his despe-
rate raid North ''to water his horse in the
quiet waters of the Ohio" Things look
ed dubious.
Our lines were cut, and wild alarm spread both
But sherman laughed at such alarms and lit fresh
Sega,
and watched every movement Of Hood,
who was doing fright smart business"
in our rear. Following him as far as
Galesville in Alabama, we "about faced, J"
and passed over our old tramping ground;
burning aud destroying in our course the
toyns of Rome, Kingston, Marietta and
Atlanta, Ga, besides destroying the Rail
road and running stock on the Railroad
from Kingston to Atlanta Remaining
at Atlanta but "A short time, we common
ced that ''forced rereat" to Georgia's
Southern shore.
While Thomas was paying his respects
to Hood, and assisting him to "water his
horse" we were moving down to the sea,
with nothing to oppose our onward march
but Wheeler's thieving band Of Cavalry,
we moved on for over Thirty days, passing
through most beautiful section of coun-
try, leaving track of wan despair and
desulaton in our rear, until we arrived at
Savannah, the place Of our dest nation.
The Johnnys had an idea that they could
get along without our presence, but Sher-
man ''cculln't see it" aud insisted upon
entcring--nOt protest--but his army
into the beautiful city, The feet con
tairing orr supplies being close at hand,
and the army getting hungry, We became
determined to secure some ra:ions, yet
there were canuuns here. cannons there,
cannons everywhere staring us in the
face. each one mouth .r1ighted with death;
yet we came to take Savannah aad were
sound to have it. Fort MAlister being
the principal iipedimont, by desperate
charge it was taken and Savannah, and
Gus rations were secure, aud the last solid
col of the serpent Of Secession which
was wrapping its Shiny folds around the
tree of Liberty, was cut in twain, and
we could sec in the distance looming up
like bright and welcome ueacon, the
beautiful star Of Peace.
Remaining in the vicinity of Savannah
for short time, we moved on the morn
ing Of the 20th Of January, at I o'clock,
in northwestern direction, and encamp-
ed on Cherokee hill miles from Savan-
nah. This lace was the scene OF a
dreadful massacre by the Indians in the
Revolutionary war This country Is
swampy and marshy in the neighborhood,
but with proper draining could be made
fit for cultivation. This place was also
the scene of an engagement in llS2, be-
tween Gen. Wayne and the Cherokee ln-
dians, whose name it bears. We remain
ed here for few days repairing roads,
&c, then broke camp, and moved on un-
til we arrived at the Great Pedee river,
which we crossed on pontoons at Holey 5
Ferry, and encamped. Next morning at
daylight we were on the move, and after
marching 25 miles encamped after dark
near the little Pedee river. Next morn
at Z o'clock We were again on the road,
crossing number of small streams and