W. H. D. Rouse
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By contrast, morale in the Federal ranks soared.
In a short time of campaigning, the Northerners had driven their enemy from one position after another.
Sherman was satisfied with the progress his armies had made, and after learning that the Confederates were south of the Etowah, he decided to give his men a short rest.
On May 20, one of the Northern generals summarized the situation in a letter to his wife.
Thus far our campaign has succeeded, though it must be confessed the rebels have retreated in very good order and their army is still unbroken.
Our hard work is still before us.
We are still fifty-three miles from Atlanta and have to pass over a rugged country.
We will have some bloody work before we enter that place.
New Hope Church The region south of the Etowah was one of the wildest parts of North Georgia.
The area was sparsely settled, hilly, heavily wooded, and in 1864, little known and poorly mapped.
Sherman expected to push through this region with little delay.
On May 23, he wrote, The Etowah is the Rubicon of Georgia.
We are now all in motion like a vast hive of bees and expect to swarm along the Chattahoochee in a few days.
His optimism was ill-founded.
for the rough terrain and heavy rains favored Johnston's smaller force and helped delay the Federal advance for five weeks.
Johnston posted his army around Alatuna Pass, a gap in the high hill south of the Etowah, through which the railroad ran on its way southward to Marietta.
He had again occupied a strong position, hoping that Sherman would attack it.
The federal commander, however, aware of the natural strength of the terrain, was determined to avoid a direct assault and cross the river to the west, where the country was more open.
Dallas, a small town about 14 miles south of the river and about the same distance west of the railroad, was the first objective.
The northerners began their advance on the 23rd.
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