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Corps there, which arrived opportunely, and 

 the enemy did not attack. Sherman had out- 

 flanked Johnston at Kenesaw, crossed the 

 Ohattahoochee on July 17, driven the enemy 

 into his works around Atlanta, and destroyed 

 a portion of the railroad in his rear. 



In Burnside's front, before Petersburg, a 

 large mine had been constructed beneath the 

 enemy's works. Many of Lee's troops had 

 been decoyed to the north side of the James 

 by feints made upon the lines there. The mine 

 was fired at daylight on the morning of July 

 30. A defective fuse caused a delay in the ex- 

 plosion, and when it occurred the assault or- 

 dered was badly executed by the officers in 

 charge of it. Confusion arose, the place was 

 re-enforced, and the national troops had to be 

 withdrawn, after sustaining considerable loss. 

 Grant, in his anxiety to correct the errors of 

 his subordinates, dismounted and made his 

 way to the extreme front, giving directions in 

 person, and exposing himself to a most destruc- 

 tive fire. 



Grant went to Monocacy Aug. 5, had Sheri- 

 dan meet him there on the 6th, and placed him 

 in command of all the forces concentrated in 

 Maryland, with directions to operate against 

 Early's command. 



On Aug. 14 Hancock's corps was sent to the 

 north side of the James, and made a demon- 

 stration against the enemy at Deep Bottom, to 

 develop his strength and prevent him from 

 detaching troops to send against Sheridan. 

 This resulted in the capture of six pieces of 

 artillery and a few prisoners. On Aug. 18 

 Warren's corps moved out and, after heavy 

 fighting, seized and held a position on the Wei- 

 don Railroad. Fighting continued on the 19th, 

 with Warren's force re-enforced by part of the 

 Ninth Corps. Lee attempted to recover the 

 Weldon road by an assault on the 21st, but 

 was repelled. On the 23d Ream's Station was 

 occupied by the national troops, and the ene- 

 my attacked them in this place in force. Two 

 assaults were successfully met, but the place 

 was finally captured, and the national troops 

 were compelled to fall back. 



Sherman's series of brilliant battles and ma- 

 noeuvres around Atlanta had forced the enemy 

 to evacuate that place, and his troops entered 

 the city on Sept. 2. Sheridan attacked Early's 

 army, Sept. 19, and in the battle of Winchester 

 completely routed him. He pursued the ene- 

 my to Fisher's Hill, and on the 22d gained an- 

 other signal victory. 



^Grant now made several movements against 

 Richmond and Petersburg, intended to keep 

 Lee from detaching troops, to extend the 

 national lines, and to take advantage of any 

 weak spot in the enemy's front with a view to 

 penetrate it. On Sept. 29 Butler's forces were 

 ordered to make an advance upon the works 

 at Deep Bottom. Fort Harrison, the strongest 

 work north of the James, was captured, with 

 15 guns and several hundred prisoners. On 

 the 30th the enemy made three attempts to re- 



take it by assault, but was each time repelled 

 with heavy loss. On the same day Meade moved 

 out and carried two redoubts and a line of rifle- 

 pits at Peebles's farm, two miles west of the 

 Weldon Railroad. On Oct. 1 Meade's left was 

 attacked; but it successfully repelled the as- 

 sault, and he advanced his line on the 2<1. 

 Butler lost, in the engagements of the 29th 

 and 30th, 394 killed, 1,554 wounded, and 324 

 missing. Meade lost, from Sept. 30 to Oct. 2, 

 151 killed, 510 wounded, and 1,348 missing. 

 On Oct. 19 Sheridan's army was attacked by 

 Early at Cedar Creek. Sheridan, who was on 

 his return from Washington, rode 20 miles 

 from Winchester, turned a defeat into a de- 

 cisive victory, captured 24 guns, 1,600 pris- 

 oners, and 300 wagons, and left the enemy a 

 complete wreck. 



On Oct. 27 Butler was ordered to make a 

 demonstration against the enemy's line in his 

 front, and had some fighting. At the same time 

 Meade moved out to Hatcher's run ; but the 

 enemy was found strongly intrenched, the 

 ground very difficult, and no assault was at- 

 tempted. In the afternoon a heavy attack 

 was made by the enemy, but was successfully 

 resisted. That night the national forces were 

 withdrawn to their former positions. Meade's 

 loss was 143 killed, 653 wounded, and 488 

 missing. The enemy's casualties were greater, 

 as he lost in prisoners alone about 1,300 men. 

 Butler lost on this day 700 in killed and wound- 

 ed, and 400 prisoners. 



Sherman destroyed the railroad in his rear, 

 cut loose from his base, and started from At- 

 lanta, Nov. 16, on his march to Savannah. 

 Hood, instead of following him, turned north 

 and moved his army against Thomas, who had 

 been placed in command of the troops left for 

 the defense of Tennessee. Thomas concen- 

 trated his forces in the vicinity of Nashville. 

 Schofield was at Franklin, 25 miles from Nash- 

 ville, with about 26,000 men. Hood attacked 

 him on Nov. 30, but after a hotly contested 

 battle was repelled with heavy loss. Thomas, 

 with his entire army, attacked Hood, and in 

 the battle of Nashville, Dec. 15 and 16, com- 

 pletely defeated the enemy, capturing 53 guns 

 and 4,462 prisoners, and drove him south of 

 the Tennessee river. Sherman reached the sea- 

 coast near Savannah on Dec. 13, after destroy- 

 ing about 200 miles of railroad and $100,- 

 000,000 worth of property. He invested Sa- 

 vannah, and forced the enemy to evacuate it 

 on the night of Dec. 20. Grant had sent But- 

 ler in charge of an expedition against Fort 

 Fisher, at the mouth of the Cape Fear river, to 

 act in conjunction with the naval fleet under 

 Admiral Porter. He sailed from Fort Monroe 

 Dec. 14, landed his troops Dec. 25, and ad- 

 vanced against the fort, which had been vigor- 

 ously shelled by the navy ; but while the as- 

 saulting party had every prospect of entering 

 the work, they received an order to fall back 

 and re-embark. The expedition reached Fort 

 Monroe on its return Dec. 27. Butter was re- 



