Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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nesaw Mountain, June 27th.By the loth of July Johnston was in-trenched behind the defences of Atlanta,and the two armies were facing eachother with the Chattahoochee river be-tween them. Johnstons retreat hadbeen conducted with great skill, but hewas now superseded by Hood, July 17th,who was known as a fighting general.Hood at once proceeded to carry out theactive policy of the Confederate govern-ment, and assumed the offensive. Beforethe end of the month he had made threefurious assaults on fhe Union lines andwas repulsed in every one of them. The Federals, however, sustained aheavy loss in the death of General Mc-Pherson. At length, by fine mancEUver-ing, Sherman succeeded in gaining the END OF THE GREAT CIVII, WAR. fear of Atlantt., and cutting the supplyrailroads. This obliged the Confed-erates to retreat in all haste, andon the 2d of September, Shermanwas able to telegraph toWashington that Atlanta ^^^was won. 96 federacy. He moved northwestwardby Tuscumbia and Florence into mid-
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DEATH OF GENERAL POLK. Hood, by the command of Davis, nowmade a fatal mistake, which materi-ally hastened the downfall of the Con- dle Tennes.see, thinkingthat Shermanwould followhim in ordeito defend that State. But Slier-man was no more to be controlledby this device than Grant had)een by Earlys raid into theShenandoah. He divided hisarmy, sending back part of itunder Thomas to take care ofHood, while he himself preparedto continue his advance throughGeorgia. Hood, moving north.ward toward Nashville, was metand defeated at Franklin, No<vember 30th, with heavy loss, by Scho-field. The Confederate general arrivedat Nashville with about 44,000 men. 96 END OF THE GREAT CIVII. WAR. The Union forces awaited him therebehind the fortifications, Thomas, hav-ing completed his preparations, suddenlymoved out of his works and fell uponthe Confederate lines, December 15th.The battle lasted two days and endedn the utter rout and demoralization ofloods forces. Thus one of the twogreat armies of

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