W. H. D. Rouse
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On July 8, he moved Schofield's Army of the Ohio into position for the crossing.
In a brilliant movement, Schofield, utilizing pontoon boats and the ruins of a submerged fish dam, got over the river and drove away the small group of Southerners defending the area.
Other troops were rushed across.
Bridges were built, trenches were dug, and by nightfall the Northerners held a secure bridgehead on the southern bank.
on the following day the federal cavalry got over the river at roswell sherman had successfully crossed the last major barrier between chattanooga and atlanta and had carried the fighting into the open country south of the chattahoochee where the terrain would favor him
during the night of july nine ten johnston retreated across the river and took up a position on the southern bank of peachtree creek only a few miles from atlanta the confederate commander seems to have been optimistic at this time once again he believed that he had reached a position from which he could not be driven and he expected to fight the decisive battle of the campaign along peachtree creek
sherman meanwhile had decided upon his next step he would swing north and east of atlanta to cut johnston off from augusta and possible reinforcements from virginia mcpherson was to strike eastward from roswell to the georgia railroad at some point near stone mountain
As this force advanced, the rest of the Federals would move closer to the river.
The line would thus become a great swinging movement, with McPherson on the far left, Schofield on the center as the pivot, and Thomas on the right along Peachtree Creek.
This movement began on the 17th.
The next day, McPherson reached the Georgia Railroad near Stone Mountain.
End of Part 3
Part 4 of The Road Past Kennesaw, The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 by Richard Manning McMurray.
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Part 4.
Johnston Removed from Command The Confederate government had been displeased by Johnston's conduct of the campaign.
President Jefferson Davis and other civilian officials had hoped that the Confederates would be able to regain Tennessee in
or at least to draw Sherman into a situation in which a severe defeat would be inflicted upon him.
Instead, after ten weeks of campaigning, Johnston was backed up against Atlanta, and there was no assurance that he would even try to hold that important center.
These circumstances led Davis to remove Johnston from command of the Army and to replace him with John B. Hood.
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