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Chapter 17

           HetouchedupthemarewiththewhipandshetrottedbrisklyacrossFivePointsandacrosstherailroadtracksthatcutthetownintwo.Thetrainbearingthewoundedhadalreadycomeinandthelitterbearerswereworkingswiftlyinthehotsun,transferringwoundedintoambulancesandcoveredordnancewagons.Scarletthadnoqualmofconscienceasshewatchedthembutonlyafeelingofvastreliefthatshehadmadeherescape.

           "I’mjustsickandtiredofthatoldhospital,"shesaid,settlingherbillowingskirtsandtyingherbonnetbowmorefirmlyunderherchin."Andeverydaymoreandmorewoundedcomein.It’sallGeneralJohnston’sfault.Ifhe’djuststooduptotheYankeesatDalton,they’dhave"

           "ButhedidstanduptotheYankees,youignorantchild.Andifhe’dkeptonstandingthere,Shermanwouldhaveflankedhimandcrushedhimbetweenthetwowingsofhisarmy.Andhe’dhavelosttherailroadandtherailroadiswhatJohnstonisfightingfor."

           "Oh,well,"saidScarlett,onwhommilitarystrategywasutterlylost."It’shisfaultanyway.HeoughttohavedonesomethingaboutitandIthinkheoughttoberemoved.Whydoesn’thestandandfightinsteadofretreating?"

           "Youarelikeeveryoneelse,screaming‘Offwithhishead’becausehecan’tdotheimpossible.HewasJesustheSavioratDalton,andnowhe’sJudastheBetrayeratKennesawMountain,allinsixweeks.Yet,justlethimdrivetheYankeesbacktwentymilesandhe’llbeJesusagain.

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