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Chapter 17

           Ashislinesgrewthinnerandhewasforcedbackfarther,theGeneralcalleddesperatelyonGovernorBrownfortheseverymen,butthestatetroopsfeltreasonablysafe.Afterall,theGovernorhaddefiedJeffDavis’demandforthem.WhyshouldheaccedetoGeneralJohnston?

           Fightandfallback!Fightandfallback!Forseventymilesandtwenty-fivedaystheConfederateshadfoughtalmostdaily.NewHopeChurchwasbehindthegraytroopsnow,amemoryinamadhazeoflikememories,heat,dust,hunger,weariness,tramp-trampontheredruttedroads,slop-slopthroughtheredmud,retreat,entrench,fightretreat,entrench,fight.NewHopeChurchwasanightmareofanotherlifeandsowasBigShanty,wheretheyturnedandfoughttheYankeeslikedemons.But,fighttheYankeestillthefieldswerebluewithdead,therewerealwaysmoreYankees,freshYankees;therewasalwaysthatsinistersoutheastcurvingofthebluelinestowardtheConfederaterear,towardtherailroadandtowardAtlanta!

           FromBigShanty,thewearysleeplesslinesretreateddowntheroadtoKennesawMountain,nearthelittletownofMarietta,andheretheyspreadtheirlinesinaten-milecurve.Onthesteepsidesofthemountaintheydugtheirriflepitsandonthetoweringheightstheyplantedtheirbatteries.Swearing,sweatingmenhauledtheheavygunsuptheprecipitousslopes,formulescouldnotclimbthehillsides.CouriersandwoundedcomingintoAtlantagavereassuringreportstothefrightenedtownspeople.TheheightsofKennesawwereimpregnable.

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