W. H. D. Rouse
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first heard Aug 2026
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Poor roads, inept guides, and the July heat combined to delay the Southerners.
It was not until noon that Hardy had his
in position, and at 1 p.m.
he sent them forward.
The Confederates made their way through heavy underbrush and emerged facing the Federal 16th Corps, which had halted in a perfect position to meet the charge which broke upon them.
Poor coordination also weakened the force of the Confederate offensive.
Chatham's men, who assailed the 17th Corps, did not join the assault until about 3.30, by which time Hardy's attack had lost much of its force.
Nevertheless, the fighting was severe.
One Federal brigadier wrote of the attackers, They burst forth from the woods in truly magnificent style in front of my right.
Hardly had the enemy made his appearance in my front,
when the artillery opened on them a deadly fire, which rather staggered their line, yet on came the advancing rebels, and hotter grew the fire of artillery.
At the same time the infantry opened on them with cool and deadly aim.
Still on came the charging columns, more desperate than ever, those in front urged up by those in rear.
the first charge was driven back but the southerners returned to the attack again and again throughout the long afternoon several times they swarmed over the federal positions capturing men and cannon but each time they were driven back in one of the early charges mcpherson was killed by advancing confederate skirmishers
as he rode forward to rally his men finally about seven p m the southerners abandoned the attack and fell back their losses have been estimated at about eight thousand union casualties were reported at three thousand seven hundred and twenty-two
for the second time hood had lashed out at his opponent and had been thrown back later he tried to shift the blame to hardy whom he accused of failing to be in the proper place at the proper time in post-war years a bitter verbal battle raged over the question most present-day authorities feel that hardy did all that could reasonably have been asked of him his troops were warned from the battle at peach tree creek
the bad road slowed his march and the fateful positioning of the sixteenth corps was a matter over which he had no control in the summer of eighteen sixty four however many confederates saw the battle as a splendid victory one artilleryman wrote on july twenty three
we gained a great victory yesterday of which i suppose you know from the newspapers as much as i do we left before much was accomplished but hear that our corps captured three thousand five hundred prisoners and twenty-two pieces of artillery and the enemies killed and wounded amounted to twice our own
ezra church for several days after the battle of atlanta there was a lull in military activities around the city both sides were reorganizing sherman selected major-general oliver o howard to command the army that mcpherson had led on the confederate side lieutenant-general stephen d lee replaced chettam as commander of the corps that had originally been hood's
by july twenty sixth sherman had decided upon his next manoeuvre his goal was the railroads south and west of atlanta the last links between that city and the rest of the confederacy and to reach them he would swing howard's army of the tennessee around from his extreme left to his extreme right
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