Author : Major General Grenville M. Dodge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330895252
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (952 download)
Book Synopsis Address to Army Associations, and Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Civil and Spanish Wars (Classic Reprint) by : Major General Grenville M. Dodge
Download or read book Address to Army Associations, and Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Civil and Spanish Wars (Classic Reprint) written by Major General Grenville M. Dodge and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Address to Army Associations, and Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Civil and Spanish Wars Companions: On the 17th day of July, 1864, Gen'l John B.Hood relieved Gen'l Joseph E.Johnston in command of the confederate army in front of Atlanta, and on the 20th, Hood opened an attack upon Sherman's right commanded by Gen'l Thomas. The attack was a failure and resulted in a great defeat to Hood's Army and the disarrangement of all his plans. On the evening of the 21st of July, Gen'l Sherman's army had closed up to within two miles of Atlanta, and on that day Forces Brigade of Leggett's Division of Blair's Seventeenth Army Corps carried a prominent hill known as Bald or Leggett's Hill that gave us a clear view of Atlanta, and placed that city within range of our guns. It was a strategic point, and unless the swing of our left was stopped it would dangerously interfere with Hood's communications towards the south. Hood fully appreciated this, and determined upon his celebrated attack in the rear of Gen'l Sherman's Army. On the 22d of July, the Army of the Tennessee was occupying the rebel intrenchments, its right resting very near the Howard House, south of the Augusta Railroad, thence to Leggett's Hill, which had been carried by Force's assault on the evening of the 21st. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
