W. H. D. Rouse
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Sherman soon moved to cut it.
by august twenty ninth hood had learned of the activities of the federals at fairburn it was clear that the railroad to macon would be sherman's next objective and the southern commander acted to defend that line however he badly misjudged the situation and thought that only two corps of sherman's army were to the southwest
late on august thirty hood ordered hardee to take two corps of the southern army move against the raiding column and drive it away both armies were soon closing in on jonesboro fourteen miles below east point on the macon railroad by that evening advance elements of the union forces had crossed the flint river and entrenched a position one mile west of jonesboro
during the night hardee's southerners moved into the town by rail by morning they were deploying in front of the federal line hardee had his own corps temporarily led by major-general patrick r cleburne and lee's it took until mid-afternoon to complete preparations for an attack
the confederates advanced about three p m their assault falling mostly on an intrenched salient on the east bank of the flint held by the army of the tennessee the attack was fierce but uncoordinated and failed to drive back the northerners when the fighting ceased that night the relative positions of the armies were unchanged
meanwhile schofield's army of the ohio had managed to break the macon railroad near rough and ready a small station between jonesboro and east point this movement led hood to conclude that sherman's main force was attacking atlanta from the south
the confederate commander therefore ordered lee's corps to leave hardee at jonesboro and move toward atlanta to help defend the city lee began this movement at two a m the next morning at dawn on september one sherman with almost all of his troops was south of atlanta the federals were concentrating at jonesboro
where they had encountered the bulk of the southern army on the preceding day and where it seemed a decisive battle would be fought the confederates were widely separated hood with one corps was in atlanta hardee with his corps was at jonesboro and lee with the remaining corps was near east point
at jonesboro hardee had taken up a defensive position north and west of the town during the afternoon he was attacked by the overwhelming force of northerners concentrated there although suffering many casualties especially in prisoners hardee's corps fought well and held its position until night offered a chance to fall back to lovejoy station seven miles to the south
by this time hood had realized what was happening and knew that atlanta could not be held any longer during the night of september one two he evacuated the city supplies that could not be carried away were burned hood's forces moved far to the east of the city to pass around jonesboro and join hardee at lovejoy station
on september two mayor james m calhoun surrendered atlanta to a party of federal soldiers on the following day sherman sent a telegram to the authorities in washington announcing that atlanta is ours and fairly won
he added that he would not pursue the confederates who were then fortified at lovejoy station but would return to atlanta so that his men could enjoy a brief respite from fighting since may five he wrote we have been in one constant battle or skirmish and need rest
a few days later another federal wrote from his camp near atlanta here we will rest until further orders the campaign that commenced may second is now over and we will rest here to recruit and prepare for a new campaign
some writers have been critical of sherman's decision not to press after hood's army they maintain that the enemy force and not the city of atlanta was the true objective of the unionists it may have been that sherman's action was determined by the question of supplies or it may have been that his men were too exhausted for immediate operations south of the city
at any rate the capture of atlanta delighted and heartened northerners news of sherman's victory was greeted with ringing bells and cannon fire all over the north
epilogue sherman soon turned atlanta into an armed camp houses were torn down and the lumber used for fortifications or soldiers huts civilians could not be fed by the army and were ordered out of the city with the choice of going north or south
in mid-september a truce was declared and the citizens who chose to remain in the confederacy were transported by the northerners to rough and ready where they were handed over to hood's men who conveyed them further south after completion of this unpleasant task hood determined to reverse sherman's strategy and to move with his whole army around atlanta to draw sherman after him into alabama or tennessee
In late September, the Confederates crossed the Chattahoochee and marched northward over many of the summer's battlefields.
sherman left a strong garrison in atlanta and followed hood northward for several weeks unable to bring his opponent to bay sherman detached a strong force to deal with the confederates and returned to atlanta hood's army was virtually destroyed in several battles fought in tennessee in november and december sherman meanwhile reorganized his armies
and on november fifteenth burned atlanta and marched out of the city on his way to the sea the final importance of the atlanta campaign may lie more in its psychological impact than in any military results essentially in early september the confederate military forces were in the same position
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