Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-16

the welcome sound came to my ears
thought Joe Johnston was my victim, bu
my plan was not entirely successful -
j Then all the armies passed dowr
through Snake Creek Gap, like stream
of lava from a volcano, upon Resaca.-
/ Here l came within an ace Of accomplish
ing my purpose, Johnston only escaping
by a few minutes, as have had it from
the lips of Johnston himself since thC
war
"Then we moved down the valleys o
/ Cassville, where l supposed Johnston
would fight. He has told me since the
war, and shown me a copy ofhis order tc
that effect, that he intended to give bat
tie on the range. of hills below Cassville.
He says that he had been out all day
and at night, when worn and weary,
Hood asked him to supper. The sub
ject of the coming battle was discussed,
and Hood told him that his lines were
en6laded. Johnston told him that it was
impossible, but Hood reiterated the
statement, and Johnston could not 60
into battle, when his most trusty corps
commanders was dissatisfied
"The next morning, when / had ex-
pected to commence the decisive battle
Of the campaign, found the enemy's
position vacant.
Twenty years ago, when q heuten-
ant Of artillery, I passed on horseback
through Altoona Gap. l knew the place
and its advantages for defense, and
surely thought Johnston would make a
stand there. was not little surprised
that he did not, and we had no choice but
to push on, for we would be satisfied only
with victory. Below Altoona we met
Johnston, at New Hope church-that
''hell hole, rightly named. The trees
there yet bear the marks of that conflict,
torn and sundered as if by hghtning.-
The hardest fighting of the campaign
was during the few days we confronted
Johnston at that point There was no
clear ground, it was all a dense thicket,
and none of us viii soon forget the fear
full boom and crack of those bloody
days.
1--WE pressed on and at length reach
ed the railroad Then the heavy rains
came on and the roads were well nigh i'm
passable, the wagon trains were left be-
hind, and at length, with the soldiers al
most stripped, and so dirty that one could
scarcely tell what color they were, we
arrived at Kenesaw. There the war be-
came more interesting. We all remem-
Der that assault and deplore the loss
but such is war. But one day / saw
in the early morning, with my telescope,
the blue coats clambering up the sides
Of the mountain. Eagerly / watched
them, at length | saw a man creep to the
summit, peep over for an instant, and
then wave his hand to his comrades, as
if saying, Come on, boys 70 I could
almost hear his voice, although I was
four miles away, and knew that the
enemy had gone.
The General went on to narrate the
pressing of the rebel army across the
on the banks Of which
they spent the Fourth of July. The reb- |
els supposed he would stop there, but he
did not-he was bound to go. He de- |
.ailed briefly the crossing of the Chatta-
loochie, the flank movement of SCho-
field to Stone Mountain. the battle of
Peach Tree Creek, which Hooker !
would always remember the closing in |
IF the lines around the fated city of At |
anita the fierce attacks of Hood, whose /
army was hurled back with frightful |
slaughter the grand flank movement, /
after FIVE weeks siege, below Atlanta, |
in its evacuation ; and gave a !
summing up of the result Of the cam
1aign, which was, in fact, a continuous /
Oattle of one hundred and nineteen /
lays. He closed with an eloquent rib- |
lte to the Army of the Cumberland
He said he thought the armies of Ten |
lessee and Ohio sometimes moved fas-
er, but when he advanced the Army of
he Cumberland, in the center, he al
Ways knew, when he went away, that
7hen he came back he would find it
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