Posted on 07/17/2005 5:21:03 AM PDT by mainepatsfan
Yep.
It is really easy to make decisions and be a General when your enemy WANTS to come at you or you KNOW they have orders to do so.
It was the best news he could have received.
Hood did his usual bang-up job.
Atlanta
July 22, 1864
Estimated casualties: 12,140 (3,641 Union, 8,499 Confederate)
and:
http://nps-vip.net/history/glance/1864w.htm
"On September 1, after a long siege by Sherman's soldiers, Atlanta is evacuated and Hood withdraws, regroups, and advances into Tennessee. Within three months his Army of Tennessee is virtually destroyed in battles at Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville."
Franklin
Estimated Casualties: 8,587 total (US 2,326; CS 6,261)
Nashville
Estimated Casualties: 6,602 total (US 2,140; CS 4,462)
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