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Chapter 18

           Butthearmycried:"GiveusbackOldJoe!"fortheyhadbeenwithOldJoeallthewearymilesfromDaltonandtheyknew,asthecivilianscouldnotknow,theoddsthathadopposedthem.

           ShermandidnotwaitforHoodtogethimselfinreadinesstoattack.Onthedayafterthechangeincommand,theYankeegeneralstruckswiftlyatthelittletownofDecatur,sixmilesbeyondAtlanta,captureditandcuttherailroadthere.ThiswastherailroadconnectingAtlantawithAugusta,withCharleston,andWilmingtonandwithVirginia.ShermanhaddealttheConfederacyacripplingblow.Thetimehadcomeforaction!Atlantascreamedforaction!

           Then,onaJulyafternoonofsteamingheat,Atlantahaditswish.GeneralHooddidmorethanstandandfight.HeassaultedtheYankeesfiercelyatPeachtreeCreek,hurlinghismenfromtheirriflepitsagainstthebluelineswhereSherman’smenoutnumberedhimmorethantwotoone.

           Frightened,prayingthatHood’sattackwoulddrivetheYankeesback,everyonelistenedtothesoundofboomingcannonandthecracklingofthousandsofrifleswhich,thoughfivemilesawayfromthecenteroftown,weresoloudastoseemalmostinthenextblock.Theycouldheartherumblingsofthebatteries,seethesmokewhichrolledlikelow-hangingcloudsabovethetrees,butforhoursnooneknewhowthebattlewasgoing.

           Bylateafternoonthefirstnewscame,butitwasuncertain,contradictory,frightening,broughtasitwasbymenwoundedintheearlyhoursofthebattle.

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