W. H. D. Rouse
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And some students of the war believed that this affected his judgment.
Many soldiers in the army distrusted Hood's ability.
some officers resented his promotion over the heads of generals who had served with the army since the beginning of the war hood himself believed that the army had been demoralized by johnston's long retreat and hence was unlikely to fight well nor could the tactical situation have brought hood any encouragement thomas's army of the cumberland was advancing southward directly toward atlanta while the armies of mcpherson and schofield were east of the city
advancing westward.
Two of the four railroads that connected Atlanta with the rest of the Confederacy were in federal hands.
Unless Hood could keep the remaining lines open, the city was doomed.
On July 19, the Army of the Cumberland crossed Peachtree Creek, but as it advanced, it drifted toward the west.
Thus, by the afternoon, a gap had developed in the northern line between Thomas on the right and Schofield in the center.
hood decided to concentrate the corps of hardee and stewart against thomas the confederate commander hoped to overwhelm the isolated army of the cumberland before help could arrive from mcpherson and schofield hood relied upon his former corps temporarily commanded by major-general benjamin f chettam and the cavalry to defend the area east of atlanta the attack on thomas was set for one p m july
Early in the morning of the 20th, while the Southerners were preparing to assail the right of the Federal line, the Northerners east of Atlanta moved west along the Georgia Railroad toward the city.
Their progress was so rapid that Hood felt it necessary to shift his army to the right in an effort to strengthen the forces defending the eastern approaches to Atlanta.
This movement led to such confusion in the Confederate ranks that the attack against Thomas was delayed for about three hours.
When the Southerners were finally ready to strike, Thomas' men had had time to establish and partly fortify a position on the south side of Peachtree Creek.
What Hood had planned as a quick blow against an unprepared northern army thus developed into a headlong assault against a partially fortified line.
For several hours, the Southerners threw themselves against the Federals.
Most of the attacks were halted before they seriously threatened the Union position.
but for a short while it appeared that some of hardee's men would sweep around the left of thomas's line and win a great victory hastily thomas assembled artillery batteries and erected their fire against the southerners eventually the confederates were driven back while fighting raged along peachtree creek
McPherson continued to push toward Atlanta from the east.
By 6 p.m., Hood was forced to call upon Hardy for troops to reinforce the southern lines east of the city.
This order drew from Hardy the reserve division that he was preparing to throw into the assault against Thomas and forced him to abandon the attack.
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