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Chapter 20

           Thesenamesmeantbattlestoo,andthesoftgreengrasseswhereshehadsatwerecuttobitsbyheavycannonwheels,trampledbydesperatefeetwhenbayonetmetbayonetandflattenedwherebodiesthreshedinagonies....AndthelazystreamswerereddernowthaneverGeorgiaclaycouldmakethem.PeachtreeCreekwascrimson,sotheysaid,aftertheYankeescrossedit.PeachtreeCreek,Decatur,EzraChurch,UtoyCreek.Nevernamesofplacesanymore.Namesofgraveswherefriendslayburied,namesoftangledunderbrushandthickwoodswherebodiesrottedunburied,namesofthefoursidesofAtlantawhereShermanhadtriedtoforcehisarmyinandHood’smenhaddoggedlybeatenhimback.

           Atlast,newscamefromthesouthtothestrainedtownanditwasalarmingnews,especiallytoScarlett.GeneralShermanwastryingthefourthsideofthetownagain,strikingagainattherailroadatJonesboro.Yankeesinlargenumberswereonthatfourthsideofthetownnow,noskirmishingunitsorcavalrydetachmentsbutthemassedYankeeforces.AndthousandsofConfederatetroopshadbeenwithdrawnfromthelinescloseaboutthecitytohurlthemselvesagainstthem.Andthatexplainedthesuddensilence.

           "WhyJonesboro?"thoughtScarlett,terrorstrikingatherheartatthethoughtofTara’snearness."WhymusttheyalwayshitJonesboro?Whycan’ttheyfindsomeotherplacetoattacktherailroad?"

           ForaweekshehadnotheardfromTaraandthelastbriefnotefromGeraldhadaddedtoherfears.Carreenhadtakenaturnfortheworseandwasvery,verysick.

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