The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-02-03
JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON
 GENERAL CONFEDERATE ARMY

away to defend their own territory from an invading Confederate army.
 general Lees matchless connict with g,rant ,.,nt terminated June ?, with the great after Cold Harber, found himself just where he wanted to be. at. City Point. his natural base. General Lee was at ,nond. thirtv-fve miles away. i Grant o at ms base vas ten miles bs rail from Lees fortihcaticns. Lees base was hhundreds of miles away in the black belt oi Alabama and southeastern Geor- gla. The enemy had open to them West Virginia whence to assail the position st Petersburs in the rear from Lynch
 It would be impossible to teach that Grant could have preserved his army rom annihilatien by Lee had Lee con southward. Grant had lost more men than Lees army numbered at the open Ing of the campaign when the day It Is impossible m recognition of known principle of the science of war fc teach that Petersburg was defeifsi- e Isss agalnss nher an a,,tsssckng fGree of limit base. 95 '''1 '''
 The amplest proof Is open to show nas defsnss tb s, of PettesrrssSurs in genius. irrecoDcileable with his practice of war before then and contrary to his expressed opinions to the government '@ts s'iS sthhS'
 General sherman moved up on John ston at, Dalton upon time, under his or ders He went upoh a spur of the from the outpost about Tunnel Hill and from that elevation he could see spch preparations by the Confederate com mander to receive him that he desisted. about 2,200 cavalry. all he then had available to force his way into Sher- mans lines and find out what was go-. Ing on there. Wheeler reported the same afternoon that he had had some bloody fighting, but he had found out mat the enemy was moving the bulk through Snake Creek gap, to strike Re- saca on the railroad, fifteen miles in Johnston's rear.
 That night Johnston withdrew from Creek gap open but he had built some excellent roads from Dalton to Resaca. He had measured the rocd through and width of 1t. and he knew to an hour how long 1t would take Sherman to march that way.
 There were three days heavy fighting
 Sherman fianked Johnston and cross- ed the Oostanaula Sunday afternoon, on his way to Atlanta. He fanked because he could do that and nothing more. With 10s.000 men to John- ston's force, now about 45 000 he en- tered upon the scheme of holding his antagonist with an eduai force, while a supernumery force as strong, nov ed around to the rear. He could do only that.
 ceeded. At Cassville Johnston had an eloduent battle order read to the army. but Lieutenant General Hood to whom the part was assigned of bring ing on the general engagement failed tc execute the necessary preliminaries and the. order was revoked, Johnston on the same afternoon, May 19, placed his army in line of battle on a wooded plateau, Wood on the right. Polk in the centre and Hardee on the left. In front. lay g valley of open land. through which the attack ing enemy must advance Hood and Polk pointed out some eminences within the snemys lines thn mile or rior field artillery possessed by him might enfilade their, respective, posi- tions. They averred they could not abandoned that night General John ston told Colonel Jabez L. M. Cur ry at the time. Hood and Polk gage in battle where two of this | corps commanders expected defeat before the fight began.
 sherman flanked to the south to reach Dallas the capitol of Paulding county, twelve miles from the railroad. Wheel CT overlook several hundred of his the remainder. Johnston m turned scross country to meet Sherman on this movement. At New Hope Church, en May 25. there was a desperate Hoods corps and Towards corps of Sherman's army. Two days la- ter. at Pieketts Mil. there was a Division assisted by KeIly's Division of cavalry. dismounted. and a large force of the enemy. The victory of the Con- federates was complete. The infant Say the fsv5ry o n9e Gr ns Gnef two mics were in sight of each other, among the wooded hills between Pick etts Mill and Marietta, on the rail- army army was fortified T Every hour M " of day and night there was firing. Gener- al sherman says on this space John ston had fifty miles of works. He had no less, himself. General Polk was some of this Irregular firing.
 On June 27 sherman attacked John ston with his whole force. The fight ing was all day long. Hundreds of the ston's works. The attack was gall lant indeed. but was a signal failure. Johnstons success was magnificent. This was the Battle of Kennesaw. Gem sand men at Kenesaw as Grant lost June 2 at Cold Harbor.
 sherman fianked and crossed the Chattahoochee to the north of the crossed to the south of the mouth of Peachtree Creek. Johnston took posi- tion on an elevation overlooking Peach tree Creek, a deep and ruddy stream running north of Atlanta. and separat- Iug inc two armies. Johnston,s posi- VIailoa WnEt Of Atlanta.