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Chapter 14

           TheyhadambitiousplanstocutthevitallyimportantrailroadbetweenAtlantaandTennesseeandthenswingsouthwardintoAtlantatodestroythefactoriesandthewarsuppliesconcentratedthereinthatkeycityoftheConfederacy.

           ItwasaboldstrokeanditwouldhavecosttheSouthdearly,exceptforForrest.Withonlyone-thirdasmanymenbutwhatmenandwhatriders!hehadstartedafterthem,engagedthembeforetheyevenreachedRome,harassedthemdayandnightandfinallycapturedtheentireforce!

           ThenewsreachedAtlantaalmostsimultaneouslywiththenewsofthevictoryatChancellorsville,andthetownfairlyrockedwithexultationandwithlaughter.ChancellorsvillemightbeamoreimportantvictorybutthecaptureofStreight’sraidersmadetheYankeespositivelyridiculous.

           "No,sir,they’dbetternotfoolwitholdForrest,"Atlantasaidgleefullyasthestorywastoldoverandover.

           ThetideoftheConfederacy’sfortunewasrunningstrongandfullnow,sweepingthepeoplejubilantlyalongonitsflood.True,theYankeesunderGranthadbeenbesiegingVicksburgsincethemiddleofMay.True,theSouthhadsufferedasickeninglosswhenStonewallJacksonhadbeenfatallywoundedatChancellorsville.True,GeorgiahadlostoneofherbravestandmostbrilliantsonswhenGeneralT.R.R.CobbhadbeenkilledatFredericksburg.ButtheYankeesjustcouldn’tstandanymoredefeatslikeFredericksburgandChancellorsville.They’dhavetogivein,andthenthiscruelwarwouldbeover.

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