The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1903-01-01

AhUANiHc ~ kXuutSEliie, csicuy
lay behind his rochysfaced barrier at Dial
ton, proud. de6antd and exulting. He had
had time since Christmas to recover from
his discontinue chi the Mission Ridge, with
his ranks filed. and q new COMMANDMENT
Chief second to uDnr of the Confederacy
i'll reputation for!iskill, sagacity and ex-
IRENE popularity. ALL at once our armies
assumed life and action. and appeared be-
fore Dalton. Threatening Rocky Face
we threw ourselves upon Resaca. and the
rebel army only escaped by the rapidity
of its retreat, aided by the numerous
roads. with which he was familiar, and
which were strange tn US. Again he took
post m Allatoonat but we gave him no
rest, and by our fclrcuit toward Dalton
and subsequent movement to AcwOrth we
gained the AllatoOna Pass. Then follow
ed the eventful battles about Kenesaw and
the escape Of the enemy across the Chat
tahoochee River. The crossing of the Chat
tah0ochee and the breaking of the Augusta
road was NEST handsomely executed by us.
and will be studied as an example in the
art of war.
AT this stage of our game our enemies
became dissatisfied with their old and
skillful commander and selected one more
bold and rash. New tactics were adopted.
Hood first boldly and rapidly. on the goth
of July. fell on our right at Peach Tree
struck our extreme left and was Sc
verely punished. and. finally. again on
the 9th. he repeated the attempt on our
right. and that time must have become
satisfied, for since that date he has re-
manned on the defensive. We slowly and
gradually drew our lines about Atlanta,
feeling for the railroad which supplied
the rebel army and made Atlanta n place
of Importance. We must concede to our
pDpmy that ho mot fb~ca affov4s m t;ant IL,
| and skillfuliy. but at last he made the
| mistake we had waited for so long. and
sent his cavalry to our rear. far beyond
the reach OF recall. Instantly our cavalry
was on his only remaining road and we
followed quickly with our principal army,
| and Atlanta fell into our possession as the
| fruit of weilconcerted measures. backed
| by the brave and confident army. This
completed the grand task which had been
| assigned us by our Government. and your
General again repeats his personal thanks
to all the officers and men composing this
army for the indomitable courage and per-
severance which alone could give success
We have beaten our enemy on every
| ground he has chosen, and have wrested
| from him his own Gate City, where were
located fOundries, arsenals. and work
shops. deemed secure on account of their
distance from the base and the seemingly
OUStdC1eS intervening.
Nothing is impossible to an army like
this, determined to indicate a Govern
ment which has rights h-rever our flag
has once hoated, and is resolved to main
tain them Mt any and all costs
In our campaign many, yea, very
many, of our noble and gallant comrades
have preceded us to our common destina-
tion-the grave. But they have left the
memory of deeds on which Nation can
build proud history. Mcpherson, Har-
ker, McCook, and others dear to us all are
now the binding links in our minds that
should attach more closely together the
living, who have, to complete the task
which still lays before us In the dim fu-
ture. 40
81 ask all to continue, as they have so
well begun. the cultivation Of the soldierly
virtues that have ennobled our own and
other countries-courage, patience. ODE
dience to the laws and constituted author
tiles Of our Government, fidelity to our
trusts. and good feeling among each other,
each trying to EXCEL the other in the prac-
tice Of those high gualities-and it will
then require no prophet to foretell that our
country will il, time emerge from this war.
purified .,y the fires, of war and worthy
its great Washington.
by order of MajrGen. w T. Sherman:
q. ". DAYTON.
nj u "Aid-de- Camp"
CASUALTIES OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.
The casualties OF this great campaign
were very heavy. For four mouths the
two armies were in constant skirmish and
battle. Day and night the fierce contest
went on. These armies did not fight
battle today, and then retire to rest, re-
cuperate and reinforce. Not 80. When
the three combined armies Of the Cumber-