W. H. D. Rouse
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the days spent in the jungles near new hope church were among the most arduous of the war for the soldiers of both armies in addition to the normal dangers of combat the men had to undergo unusual physical hardships rain heat constant alarms continuous sharpshooting
the stench of the dead the screams of the wounded and a serious shortage of food all added to the normal discomforts of life in the field one federal soldier described the time spent near dallas as probably the most wretched week of the campaign
another wrote of it as a wearisome waste of life and strength a third northerner referring to an unsuccessful foray against the confederate lines wrote we have struck a hornet's nest at the business end so severe had the fighting been that sherman's men would ever afterward refer to the struggle around new hope church as the battle of the hell-hole
when it became clear that no decisive battle would be fought at dallas sherman gradually sidled eastward to regain the railroad on june three advanced elements of the federal forces reached the little town of ackworth and within a few days almost all the northern troops were in that general area sherman had outmaneuvered johnston and bypassed the strong confederate position at allatoona but he had not seriously weakened his opponent
once again the federal commander ordered a short halt to rest his troops and allow time to repair the railroad and for reinforcements to
End of part two.
Part three of the Road Past Kennesaw, the Atlanta Campaign of 1864,
by richard manning mcmurray kenesaw mountain by june tenth sherman was ready to resume the advance the southerners had taken up a line north of marietta that ran from brush mountain on the east to pine mountain in the center to lost mountain on the west
McPherson moved against the right flank of this line, Thomas against the center, and Schofield against the left.
Rain fell almost every day and hampered the northern advance.
For several days there was heavy skirmishing in which the Federals captured Pine Mountain and made gains at other points.
Bishop General Polk was killed on Pine Mountain by a Union artillery shell on June 14 when he foolishly exposed himself to enemy fire.
major general william w loring commanded polk's corps for several weeks until a permanent replacement lieutenant general alexander p stewart took command by the sixteenth schofield's advance had been so successful that the southerners were forced to give up lost mountain
For several days, Johnston tried to hold a new line that ran west from Brush Mountain and then turned southward.
This line was infillated by the Federal artillery, however, and during the night of June 1819, the Confederates abandoned it and took up a new position, extending along the crest of Kennesaw Mountain and off to the south.
Hardy's Corps held the left of this line, Loring was in the center, and Hood's was on the right.
when sherman encountered this strong position he extended his lines to the south to try to outflank johnston he moved most of macpherson's army to the area directly in front of kenesaw mountain and placed thomas's army in line on macpherson's right with orders to extend to the right in the days that followed macpherson and thomas were engaged in what amounted to a siege of the southern position
Little progress could be made on the ground, but the artillery on both sides was used in attempts to batter and weaken the enemy.
Day after day, the big Union guns pounded the southern line, their fire being answered by Confederate cannon high on Kennesaw Mountain.
Meanwhile, Sherman drew Schofield's army in from the Lost Mountain area and ordered it to move south on the Sandtown Road.
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