The Washington herald., 1914-08-18

various degrees. A shell passed through
Peter Hughes house wounding Mrs,
Flake. Mrs. CoOns and a child Of Mrs.
Callahan"
ABOUT twenty shots struck the West
ern and Atlantic roundhouse and three or
four shots struck the State depot"
A solid shot passed through the din
lng-room or J. NJ. P. Calvo's house when
the table was set for supper"
A shell entered the city market house
and burst inside. where some thirty per-
sons were engaged in marketing. but hap
ply. none of them was injured
Mr.. Warmers house was struck and
ne and his only child killed A lady ref
ugee from Rome. Ga. was killed the
same evening on Peachtree street while
ironing. Warner was superintendent Of
the gas works. He vas lying on a couch
with his siN-year-Old daughter when the
shell plunged through the house, man
Cling their bodies.
People Cling to Homes.
In spite OF the rain OF shells and the
destruction within the city. there was no
general exodus of the civilians.
This was partly due to the difficulty in
,SaVihg H. for the military authorities
DIoched the railroads with their supply
liable
At first the residents spent much Of
their time underground day and night
They feared the fate Of those who had
been cut down in the streets or in their
beds at night.
After awhile the terror wore of and
the streets were filled with people How
ever. not much business was done as
there was very little in the city To be
purchased. Food was especially scarce
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private larders on which they relied
The women of the city were deyoted N
the care Of tn" wounded Private houses
were converted into hospitals. MANY of
the most prominent men of the town
threw open their doors to the sufferers
1t is said that the Atlanta Medical Col
lege. where. together with many Confed-
crate wounded were a number of FEEDER
ais. captured in the battles around the
city in July. and which was under a hos
pital nag. was several times struck bv
shells
All the while the great war foundries
factories and machine shops in the city
were running full blast. for II was real
lied that they would be available only
for short time. With the aid OF the
iron works and shops. Gen. Hood was
enabled to rapidly repair any damage
done the railroads in his rear in Federal
cavalry raids
Gen. Hood Protests.
Meanwhile. Sherman. outside the CITY,
was marking time. He had been irving
to extend his flank west and south TO
Atlanta to break the Macon railroad, on
which Hood relied for supplies. The
movement had failed, for the line could
be- extended far enough to reach the rail-
road only by so stretching it as to weak
en- 1t in its entire length. Fifty years
ago today the movement. ended with the
Federal right flank about two miles west
Of East Point, on the Macon road.
But Sherman had another plan in read
iness and was on the point Of inaugural
ing 1t when he learned that the Confed-
crate cavalry under Gen. Joseph Wheeler
had descended on the railroads in his own
rear. As this threatened a shortage of
supplies for some days. Gen. Sherman de-
termined to wait short while before
making his proposed movement He or
dered the army to remain in position
while the artillery played upon Atlanta
The destructive fire upon the city was
to be the subject OF controversy later on.
Gen. Sherman had ordered the lombard
ment without warning to those within
the town. Gen. Hood afterward protested
in voluminous correspondence. Sher-
man at first chided Hood for fighting "'on
a line so close to the town that every
cannon shot and many musket shots
from our line of investment that overshot
their mark went into the habitations of
women and children"
Gen. Hood replied that Gen. Sherman
had for weeks fired far above and be-
yond the Confederate lines Of defense.
Gen. Sherman replied that he was not
bound by the laws of war to give notice
Of the shelling OF Atlanta, a fortified
town, with magazines, arsenals, fonn-
dries. and public stores. Il
This note ended the controversy for the
time. After the war Gen. Hood. In his
memoirs sought to prove Sherman's
theory wrong, that Atlanta was not
fortified town In a military sense.
Tomorrow-MOsby' rangers give
no quarter.