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Chapter 18

           Sothegraylineswentbackthroughthemuddyfields,backtowardAtlanta.

           Withthelossofthesupposedlyunconquerableposition,afreshwaveofterrorsweptthetown.Fortwenty-fivewild,happydays,everyonehadassuredeveryoneelsethatthiscouldnotpossiblyhappen.Andnowithadhappened!ButsurelytheGeneralwouldholdtheYankeesontheoppositebankoftheriver.ThoughGodknowstheriverwascloseenough,onlysevenmilesaway!

           ButShermanflankedthemagain,crossingthestreamabovethem,andthewearygrayfileswereforcedtohurryacrosstheyellowwaterandthrowthemselvesagainbetweentheinvadersandAtlanta.TheyduginhastilyinshallowpitstothenorthofthetowninthevalleyofPeachtreeCreek.Atlantawasinagonyandpanic.

           Fightandfallback!Fightandfallback!AndeveryretreatwasbringingtheYankeesclosertothetown.PeachtreeCreekwasonlyfivemilesaway!WhatwastheGeneralthinkingabout?

           Thecriesof"Giveusamanwhowillstandandfight!"penetratedeventoRichmond.RichmondknewthatifAtlantawaslost,thewarwaslost,andafterthearmyhadcrossedtheChattahoochee,GeneralJohnstonwasremovedfromcommand.GeneralHood,oneofhiscorpscommanders,tookoverthearmy,andthetownbreathedalittleeasier.Hoodwouldn’tretreat.NotthattallKentuckian,withhisflowingbeardandflashingeye!Hehadthereputationofabulldog.He’ddrivetheYankeesbackfromthecreek,yes,backacrosstheriverandonuptheroadeverystepofthewaybacktoDalton.

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