Identifier: historyofamerica03drap (find matches)
Title: History of the American Civil War
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Draper, John William, 1811-1882
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Slavery Slaves
Publisher: New York : Harper & Bros.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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s from the railroad,and left garrisons for Rome and Kingston, he marched, on the 23d, toward Dallas. Thomass head of column, skirmishing with the enemys cavalry near Burnt Hickory, captured a courier with a letter of Johnstons showing that he had detected the movement, and was preparing to meet it at Dallas. The country was very rugged, mountainous, and densely wooded. It had few and obscure roads. On the 25th of May Thomas was moving from BurntHickory toward Dallas, Hooker having the advance. When he approached Pumpkin Vine Creek he found a force of the enemys cavalry at a bridge on his left. He pushed them across the creek and saved the bridge, though it was on fire. About two miles to the eastward he. encountered infantry. It was near 4 P.M. before he could get his whole corps well in hand, when he deployed two divisions, and, by Shermans order, made a bold push to secure possession of the point New Hope Church; for Johnston did not stop at Allatoona on his retreat, but made for the hills
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THE CAMPAIGN OF SHERMAN. Chap.LXXIX.) TUEXING OF ALLATOOXA PASS. 270 ♦ north of Dallas and Marietta, concentrating his army near New Hope Church, where the roads from the north, east,and southwest converge. Hoods corps was at the church,and Polk and Hardee lay eastward across the Atlanta Road. Here a severe battle took place, and the Confederates Battle of New were driven back; but, they having hastily Hope church, thrown up some parapets, and a stormy, dark night having set in, Hooker was unable to expel them from the roads. All day it had been lowering. At dark it rained heavily, but the troops kept working until a breast-work was secured. There were neither tents nor food.I f fires were kindled the rain put them out. The general and his staff spent the night wrapped in their coats and saddle blankets. Next morning the enemy was found in-trenched in front of the road from Dallas to Marietta, and dispositions on a larger scale had to be made. Owing to the difficult nature of the ground and t

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