. Die Erlösung der republik : die dritte Periode des Krieges der Rebellion, im Jahr 1864 . jeder Dienst an seiner eigenen Armee, und wo hecould nicht viel Schaden anrichten.(4) General Sherman schickte diese Sendung an General Halleck in Washton : Schwere Brände in Atlanta den ganzen Tag, verursacht durch unsere Artillerie. Ich werde alle bereit sein und die Bewegung um Atlanta am 24,1864. August beginnen. ..,*, ••,-,,. Durch den Süden bis morgen Nacht, und für einige Zeit werden Sie wenig von uns hören. Ich werde eine Kurierlinie offen halten zurück zur Chattahoo-chee Brücke, über Sandtown. Das zwanzigste Korps wird die Straßenbrücke halten, an

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. Redeeming the republic : the third period of the war of the rebellion, in the year 1864 . any service to his own army, and where hecould not do us much harm.(4) General Sherman sent this despatch to General Halleck in Washing-ton : Heavy fires in Atlanta all day, caused by our artillery. I will be all ready, and will commence the movement around Atlanta Aug. 24, 1864. .., *, ••, -, , . by the south to-morrow night, and for some time you willhear little of us. I will keep open a courier line back to the Chattahoo-chee bridge, by way of Sandtown. The Twentieth Corps will hold therailroad bridge, and I will move with the balance of the army, provisionedfor twenty days. General Sherman was confident that the Confederate cavalry underWheeler could not seriously interfere with the running of railroad trains.It was soon seen by the Confederate troops that Hood had made a mis-take in sending Wheeler northward into the State of Tennessee. A Con-federate writer says that it was an irreparable blunder. (6) A Confed-erate has pictured the scene in Atlanta: There are excavations in the. GEN. JUDSON KILPATKICK, FALL OF ATLANTA. 413 ground, roofed with heavy logs, over which is heaped a mountain of earth.The garden to almost every house which does not boast of a cellar has oneof these artificial bomb-proofs. They are perfectly secure against theshells, and many of them are quite comfortably furnished with beds, chairs, and other furniture. Women and children are huddled togetherin them for hours at a time, and when the city is furiously shelled atnight, the whole community may be said to be underground.(6) The Twentieth Corps was marching north-west, to be the guard at the Chattahoochee. The Fourth Corps, under General Stanley, was marching south towards Utoy Creek. Garrards cavalry picketed their Aug. 26, 1S64. . , i , , 0 , , / , j horses in the woods where the Confederates could not seethem, and took the place of the departing troops in the trenches. As soonas it was dark on the

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