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Chapter 17

           Hereandtheresomelonewomanremainedwithafewfrightenedslaves,andtheycametotheroadtocheerthesoldiers,tobringbucketsofwellwaterforthethirstymen,tobindupthewoundsandburythedeadintheirownfamilyburyinggrounds.Butforthemostpartthesunnyvalleywasabandonedanddesolateandtheuntendedcropsstoodinparchingfields.

           FlankedagainatCalhoun,JohnstonfellbacktoAdairsville,wheretherewassharpskirmishing,thentoCassville,thensouthofCartersville.Andtheenemyhadnowadvancedfifty-fivemilesfromDalton.AtNewHopeChurch,fifteenmilesfartheralongthehotlyfoughtway,thegrayranksduginforadeterminedstand.Oncamethebluelines,relentlessly,likeamonsterserpent,coiling,strikingvenomously,drawingitsinjuredlengthsback,butalwaysstrikingagain.TherewasdesperatefightingatNewHopeChurch,elevendaysofcontinuousfighting,witheveryYankeeassaultbloodilyrepulsed.ThenJohnston,flankedagain,withdrewhisthinninglinesafewmilesfarther.

           TheConfederatedeadandwoundedatNewHopeChurchranhigh.ThewoundedfloodedAtlantaintrain-loadsandthetownwasappalled.Never,evenafterthebattleofChickamauga,hadthetownseensomanywounded.Thehospitalsoverflowedandwoundedlayonthefloorsofemptystoresanduponcottonbalesinthewarehouses.Everyhotel,boardinghouseandprivateresidencewascrowdedwithsufferers.

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