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WAR SI Battle ol To day id tho fortieth anniversary ol thc Battle of Atlanta, which oc curred July 22, 18G4, and which was one of the fiercest battles cf the Civil wat* which occurred in this section. The anniversary will bc celebrated in a fitting manner to-day at Noreross, Ga., by thc Forty-second and Forty third Georgia regiments, C. S. A. iloth thefc r?giments played a con spicuous part in thc battler about Atlanta and both lost heavily o.i .July 22. Colonel L. P. Thomas, who was colonel of the Forty-second (?oor^ia, has written for the Atlanta Constitu tion an account of thc Hattie of At lanta the battle of July 22 being & nev: n as such. Of all the fights that ocetirrod in the vicinity of Atlanta, that od Su\y 22 was the htubborncst. aofi'tbe acoount presented by Colonel "jfLosEias whose command took such a prominent part in the events of thc day,, ?fl of more than ordinary intcr SSL ""Forty long years have passed since Chis snomora'ble day, and that our young ipoaplc may know something of this bard-fought battle, in which some of their fathers fought, I present the following interesting aooount, most of it having boen cxtraoted from General Sherman's own official report to his government. Here I give his report, in part, instead of General Joo E. Jfoba?toa or General Hood. I do this for the reason that I wish to impress upon the minds of tho goodly young jf this country wb&t General Sherman, the leader of ?he Union Army, thought oi tho soldierly qualities of the Con federate soldiers. Geneial Johnson, who was the beloved leader cf the Confederate Army of the wost, and ?ho had handled his legions as well on the retreat as he had in hard tVught battles, had been relieved and General Hood had taken command on July 18, and active movements com menced. General Hood was an un tried leader for handling an army, but known as a bravo and dashing officer or commander for a single brigade. This wsB a great disadvantage for us, end threw a damper and demoralizing effect on the entire Confederate army, for a man who was the leader, how over brave as brigade commander, necessarily oould not handle an army with as muoh suooess. But, read carefully what General Sherman said at the time of the Union and Confed erate armies, their movements and fighting around this then doomed oity, and you ean gather a most interesting , account. He said, in psrt : "On the morning of the 22nd, somewhat to my surprise, this whole line was found abandoned, and I con fess I thought the enemy had re solved to give os Atlanta without f ur _A_i. L_,/l_1 T.I_1_J UMWUtSDI, I/HI VDIICICI I? VUUBUU usu bees relieved of hts command and Gc renal Hood substituted. A new policy seemed resolved on, of which tho bold attack on our right was the apex. '(Dur advancing ranks swept across inks strong and well finished parquets of the enemy and dosed in apon Atlanta, until we occupied a line in the form of a general circle of about 2 miks' radius, when we again found 'him oooupying in force a line sf finished redoubts, which had been prepared for more than a year cover ing all the roads leading into Atlanta, and we found him also busy in con necting those redoubts with curtains, strengthened by the rifle trench, abatis and cheyaus de frise. 'General McPherson, who had ad vanced from Deoatur, continued to ffefllew aubstantially the railroad with 4he fifteenth corps; General Logan, aha seventeeth; General Blair, on its left and the sixteenth, General Dodge, suits right, but as the general ad vance of all the armies contracted the circle, the sixteenth corps, General Dodge was thrown out of line by tho fifteenth connecting on its right with G?rerai 'Schofield, near tho Howard ?ouse. General McPherson the night before bad gained a high hill to the south and east of the railroad, where the seventeenth corps had, after a severe fight, driven tbe enemy, and it gave him a most commanding position srithin easy view nf the very heart of the city. He had thrown out work ing parlies io it and was making pre parations to occupy it in strength erith batteries. The sixteenth oorps, General. Dodge's, was ordered from sight te left tc ccoupy this position, andonnko it ? strong general left flank. GeneraA Dodge was moving by a dis gonai path sr wagon ' track leading from tho Decatur ^road in the dirse-1 t?o? sf General Blair's left flank. A&out 10 a. m. I was in person with ^?anatol Schofield, examining the ap jpa'araiB? sf the enemy's lins opposite ' ?bs distillery where we attracted .peajph of-the enemy's fire of musketry .nd artillery to satisfy mo that the enemy was is Atlanta in fores and 'ORIES. I A. tl anta. meant to fight, and had gone to a large dwelling close hy, known as the How ard house, where t?eneral McPherson joined mc. Thc general remained with mc until near noon, when some reports reaching us indicated a move ment of thc enemy on that Hank. He mounted and rode away with his staff. "I must here also state that the day before I had detached General Garrard's cavalry to go to Covington and t li o Augusta railroad, 42 miles east of Atlanta, and from that point to send detachments to break two important bridges across thc Yellow and I'Icofauhachcc rivers, tributaries to thc Oemulgee, and General Mc Pherson had also left his wagon train at Decatur under a guard of three regiments commanded by Colonel (now general) Spraguc. Soon after General McPherson had left mc at the Howard house, as before described, I heard the sound of musketry to our left rear, at first mere pattering shots, but soon they grew in volume, accom panied with artillery, and about thc same time thc sound of guns was heard in the direction of Deoatur. No doubt could longer bo entertained of thc enemy's plan of aotion, whioh was to throw a superior force on our left flank whioh held us with his forts in front, tho only question being as to the amount of force he could employ at that point. I hastily transmitted orders to all points of our centor and r'ght to press forward and give full employment to all tho enemy in his lines and for General Schofield to hold as large a foroo in reserve as possible, awaiting developments. "Not more than half an hour after General McPherson had left mo about 12:30 o'olook of thc 22nd, his adjutant rode up and reported that General McPherson was either dead or a pris oner; that he had ridden from me to General Dodge's column, moving as heretofore described, and sent off nearly all his staff and orderlies on various errands, and himself had pass ed into a narrow path or road that led to thc left and rear of General Giles A. Smith's division, whioh was Gen eral Blair's extreme left; that a few minutes after he had entered the woods a sharp volley was heard in that direction, and his horse had come out riderless, having two wounds. The suddenness of this terrible calam ity would have overwhelmed me with grief, but the living demanded my whole thoughts. I instantly dis patched a staff ofHoer to General John A. Logan, commanding the Fifteenth corps, to tell him what had happened, that he must assume command of the Army of Tennessee and hold stub bornly theground already chosan,ruoro especially the hill gained by General Leggett the night before. Already the whole line was engaged in battle. Hardee'a eorps had sallied from At lanta and by a wide circuit to the east had struok Gen. Blair's left flank, en veloped it, and his left had swung around until it hit. General Dodge in motion. General Blair's line was sub stantially along the old line of rebel trench, but it was fashioned to fight outward. A spaoe of wooded ground of near half a mile intervened between tho head of General Dodge's column and General Blair's lice, through which tho enemy had poured, but the last order given bj General McPher son was to hurry a brigade (Colonel Waogenn's) of the Fifteenth corps across from the railroad to occupy this gap. It oame aoross on the dou ble-quick and oheoked the enemy. While Hardee attaoked in flank, Stew art's) oorps was to attaok in front direotly out from the main works, but fortunately their attaok was not sim ultaneous. The enemy swept across the hill, whioh our men were then fortifying, and oaptured the pioneer sompaoy, its tools and almost the en tire working party and bore down on our left until he encountered General Gales A. Smith's division of the Seventeenth oorps, whioh was some what in "air," and forced to fight first from ono side of the old riflo parapets and then from the other, so as to form a flank to General Leg gett' 8 division, whioh held the apex of the hill, whioh was the only point deemed essential to our future plans. General Dodge had caught and held well in oheok the enemy's right and punished him severely, capturing many prisoners General Gilet? A. Smith had gradually given np the extremity of hie line and formed a new one, whose right eonneeted with General Leggett*! and his left refused facing southeastward. ': On this ground and in ???i order the men fought desperately for n oar four hours, eheeking and repulsing tho enemy's attacks. Tba execution oe the enemy's rooks at the angle was terrible, and great credit is dne to both General Leggett and Giles A. Smith and ll?; < ,; their men for t!?< ?r hard work and stubborn lighting. Tho enemy made tin fujthcr progn on that iiink. and by I }>. tu. bad almost givcu up thc attempt. '"About 1 p. tu. tbere was nuite a lull during which the enemy felt fur war?! on the railroad and the main Decatur road and Buddenly assailed a regiment which, with a section cf guns, had been thrown forward as a kind of picket aud captured the two guns. He then advanced rapidly and broke through our lines at this point, which had beeu materially weakened by the withdrawal of Colonel's Mar tin's brigado sent by General Logan's order to the extreme left. The other brigade, General Lightburn's, which held this part of the line, fell back in some Uisorde*. about -100 yards to a position held by it the night before, leaving the enemy for a time io poB- ? session of two batteries, one of which, a JO pounder. Parrott battery of , four guns was most valuable to us, j and separating General Weod's and General Harrow's divisions of the Fifteenth corps that were on the right and left of the railroad. Being in person close by the spot ^ad appre ciating thc vast importance of the connection at that poiut, I ordered certain batteries of General Scho field's to be moved to a position some what commanding it .by a left flank fire and ordered an incessant fire of shells on thc enemy within sight and the woods beyond to prevent his rein forcing. I also sent orders to General Logan, which he had already antici pated, to mako the Fifteenth corps regain ita lost ground at any cost and instructed General Woods, supported by General Sohofield, to use his divi sion and sweep the parapet down from where he hold it until he saved the batteries and regained the lost ground. Tho whole was executed in superb style, at times our men and the enemy fighting across tho narrow parapet, but at last the enemy gave way and the Fifteenth corps regained its posi tion, and all the guns exoepting the two advanced ones, which were out of view and had been removed by the enemy within his main works. "With this terminated the battle of the 22rid, which cost us 3,722 killed, wounded and prisoners. But among tho dead was Major General McPher son, whose body was reoovered and brought to me in the heat of battle, and I had it sent in oharge of his personal staff back to Marietta on its way to his northern home. His death devolved the command of the army of Tennessee upon General Logan. The enemy left on the field bis do>ad and wounded aud about a thousand well prisoners. His dead alone are com puted by General Logan at 3,240, of which number 2,200 were from actual o >unt, and of these be delivered to the enemy under flag of truce sent in by bim (the enemy) 800 bodies. I en-1 tertain no doubt that in the battle of July 22 the enemy sustained an ag gregate loss of fully 8,000 men." General Walker, a gallant Confed erate Brigade Commander, also many other brave and dashing officers, fell on that memorable day. As night approached the lines of battle resumed their original positions and neither army could claim much the advantage of the other, and it has gone down in history as a drawn battle. L. P. Thomas, Sr. Mayor Howell Tel?s of Battle of Atlanta. Forty years ago Atlanta, now the stronghold Of peace and prosperity of the Now South, was in the toils of battle, which for fierceness and de termination is hardly equalled in the world's history. There were three battles around Atlanta during July and the early part of August, 1864, one on July 19 and 20, one on July 22, and the last, beginning on July 28, and lasting until August 8th. During all three battles the gallant boys in gray fought Sherman's over whelming host with undaunted cour age and determination, despite the fact that they were hopelessly out numbered. Captain Evan P. Howell, Atlanta's present mayor, was in the thiok of the battles of Atlanta, and to a re porter for the The Journal Thursday tie said : "Coming down from Boswell Gen eral Sherman divided his army into three columns. General Thomas was plaoed in command' of the division ooming down the river, General How ard commanded the division in the middle, whioh oame down Buokhead road, and General McPherson was in command of the division whioh came down Plaster's bridge road. "With General Hood, General Mc Pherson had thrown his army parallel with Poaohtroo creek on the south lids running from the river to Peaeh tree road, drawing bsok far enough From the oreok to permit General Howard*! corps to oross the creek just above Howell's mill. ''Heavy fighting commanded on the 19th, between' Howell*! mill sad Peachtree road, it seome? to bo the purpose of General Howards corps to ?trike across and join M o Ph orson. "Tho first attempt was made on tho ld th to break through the Confederate lines at Mo?ook's old piase, now owned by Mr. A. B. Steele. They -???.WH * A- J. ?:?*JJL?1\JEJ1X failed to cr ss lhere ar,<i the next day, ' commencing '-:ir!y, they made a de cided ellon to go around our right flank near thc old (Jollier pface. Tb cy failed in this, but there was heavy fightiog all day. While thia light was going on Thomas and Howard were held back. General McPherson push ed his column down Plaster's bridge road and got in the neighborhood of the Georgia railroad on the night of the 20th. "General Hood decided on tho night of the 21st to withdraw Hardec'o corps of his army from the north side of Atlanta during the night and march through the city, down Mo Dooough street, now Capitol avenue, and after getting beyond the city limits to turn to the left, passing Terry's mill and striking General McPherson's line where McPherson's monument now stands. The battle of July 23 was the result of this move ment. "It was a very hard fought engage ment. Many men were killed on both sides and Hardee's corps captured about 1,400 prisoners from the 17th and 25th Federal army corps. Dur ing the wholo day the Federal lino was driven steadily back towards the Georgia road and two or three bat teries were captured from the enemy. When the fighting ceased on the night of the 22nd the Federals were encamped south of the railroad along its line and our troops were enoamped on the battlefield. J "The next morning when we woke up the Federals had retired and had joined General Howard's corps on the battlefield. "On the 19th and 20th all three o? the divisions joined at this place and made a concerted move on the west side of Atlanta, expecting to out the East Point road that went to Macon between East Point and West End. A very heavy battle was fought there in the vioinity of Westview oemetery, known as Ezra Church. This occurred on July 28th. "We checked them in their move to cut th ? Macon road and our line was extended down to Connally's mill, about 8 miles. We were engaged in fighting from July 28th to August 8tb, at which time General Sherman disappeared, having gone across the Chattahoochee leaving General Slo oum's corps at the river bridge where they fortified. "General Sherman moved down the west bank of the river, orossing at Campbellton and moving direct to Jonesboro. He struok Hardee's corps there again with his whole army aod got to the railroad. "General Hood had divided his army with part in Atlanta and part in Jonesboro. As soon as the railroad was broken General Hood withdrew these troops that were here, going down the MoDonough road towards McDonough, joining the remnant of Hardee's o or po not far from Love joy. "Thus ended the fighting around Atlanta. General Sherman returned after the Jonesboro engagement with his whole army to Atlanta.-Atlanta Journal. ' It Didn't Pay. A newsboy was strutting along Wal? nut street reoently when dose to the ourb he espied a bright 10-oent pieoe. A benevolent looking gentleman stood near. The honest boy, thinking the man had dropped the coin, picked it up and offered it to him. The gentleman turned kindly and not only allowed the youngster to re tain the coin, but gave him a quarter, saying : "Here is a reward for being hon* est, my young man." The boy trotted off in high spirits. That night he slept little, partly on account of ?hinking of his good for* tune, and partly because Of a s?beme whioh his youthful brain had hatched. He would make money deliberately in the same way as he had accidentally made it on that day. It would be necessary to drop a coin near some one then the reward would oome in the- way of a present for hon* esty. The next morning he started off ear ly, and, seeing a well dressed gentle* man standing at a corner, he softly approaohed. Deftly he dropped a 10 oent piece near the man, suddenly he said : "Excuse me mister, did you drop this?" The gentleman, a noted millionaire, glanced at the proffer?, coin. Then he took it, saying : "Ahl perhapa I dM. I always have loose chango ?/* .6, but I must re ward yon for your honesty." The boy's heart we At pi t-e-pa>,. The millionaire fumbled, it: hi* -?ooket till a ear was near. Then he quickly pressed a copper into the anxious boy's hand and boarded the ear. Philadelphia Press? , - A maa never ? knows how mush work a woman has to do until bia wi'? ?OnS ?w?jr f?r . couple gr weeks and. he undertakes to Straighten up the he a so the dey before she returns. -- A man who has run for office is never very much afraid of what is going to happen to him whor> ho dies. . A GLASS OF WATER. V/hcn to Drink lt and tho Effecta it Will Produce. Drink a glass of water when )ou yet out of bed in the morning. Nev er mind the size of the glass. Let the water be cold if you will. Some people prescribe hot water, but that isn't necessary. You mr.y have washed your face already .and rel ished the experience. You may have taken a cold plunge into the tub and delighted in the shock and its reaction. The brisk use of the tooth brush has left your mouth clean and the breath sweet. But you are dirty still. Drink a glass of cold water and enjoy tho sensation of being clean inside. All that is lux urious in the cold bath cleansing the outside is artificial. That which should prompt the glass of water after sleeping is natural. As a test, tell the nine-year-old protestant against his morning scrub of cold water that he may escape it by drinking half a pint of tho fluid. He will jump at the opportunity. Sleep has drawn upon the water in the blood, and the instinct of the animal under natural conditions is to replenish thc circulatory system and distend the blood vessels anew. The food in the stomach which had so much to do toward inducing sleep has disappeared, leaving a mucous substance in the alimentary canal. Yet man would wash, his face and leave these half clogged canals do the duties of another day. Drink a glass of cold water in tho name of cleanliness. It becomes one of the shortest and easiest of toilet duties. It is swallowed in a second, and in five minutes it has passed from the stomach, taking with it the clogging secretions of the alimentary tracts. It has left behind the stimulus that goes with cold water, and by filling the arte rial system to the normal it puts a spur to the circulation that has grown sluggish in the night. It io one of the greatest of awakeners and one of nature's own. stimulants. Drink a giass of water before breakfast, another before luncheon and another before dinner. Water is the best, cheapest and pleasantest medicine.-Chicago Tribune. A Faithful Cat. My husband had a devoted cat a few years ago that used to meet him at a certain lamppost near the house every evening on his return She would then escort him home with many manifestations of joy and sit under his chair while he dined, waiting to receive her dinner from his hand. One winter a business trip took him away from the city for several weeks. Nights of fruitless watch ing at the lamppost, her trysting place, we called it, were followed by listless days, when she would eat scarcely anything. She would sit under his empty chair at meal times and sniff dejectedly at the most ap petizing morsels. At last she seem ed to give np hope, or else her weak ness prevented her from, walking so far, and the lamppost knew her no more. Toward the end of the third week and just a day before my hus band returned she died--of grief and starvation.-Cat Journal. A Buay Little Woman. They had just been married. She was very pretty and lovable, but very fresh to the houshold duties, and the husband was a very patient man. One night, however,, one had a great surprise in store for him, DO, putting her arms around his neck and kissing him, she said : "Come and look, darling; I have been stitching up two big slits in your coat." , He then kissed her to . hide the look, which came over his face, called her a busy little woman and then went out and groaned. 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