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CONTENTS OF VOLUME FOUR .

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House,” General Sherman’s First Headquarters in Atlanta , from photo, lent by Miss Orelia Key Bell(W . Taber).

i OPPOSING SHERMAN’S ADVANCE TO ATLANTA... GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON .260

Illustrations : Buzzard-Roost Gap (Theo. It Davis) —The Battle of Resaca, Ga. , May 14th, 1864, andConfederates dragging Guns up Kencsaw Mountain, from “ The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia ” — Gen-eral Sherman and General Thomas during the assault at Kenesaw Mountain, June 27th, 1864 (Theo. It.Davis) —General John B. Hood , C. S. A., from Anderson-Coolc photo.

iTHE OPENING OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN . COLONEL IV. C. P. BRECKINRIDGE. . .277

Illustration : Part of the Confederate Intrenchments at Resaea, from photo, hy G. N. Barnard (C. A.Yandcrhoof).

/fTHE CONFEDERATE STRENGTH IN THE ATLANTA » R £ ^

CAMPAIGN. ) .

Illustration : Confederate Defenses at the Bridge over the Etowah, from photo, hy G. N. Barnard(B ../. Meeker).

7"THE OPPOSING FORCES IN THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.284

THE STRUGGLE FOR ATLANTA . GENERAL OLIVER O. HOIVARD .293

Illustrations : Saving a Gun (W. Tuber) — Map of the Region lrom Chattanooga to Calhoun — Major-General John M. Palmer , from ambrotype lent hy his son —Part of the Battle-ilold of Resaca, from photo,by G. N. Barnard (E. J. Meeker) — Extreme loft (view looking South) of the Confederate Dines at Resaea,from photo, hy G. N. Barnard ( IF. Taber) — Map of the Region from Resaca to Vanwert—Brevet Brigadier-General Benjamin Harrison, from photo, lent hy Mrs. Benjamin Harrison — Major-General E. C. Walthall,

C. S. A., from photo.— Map of the Region from Rome to Marietta, Ga.— Major-General Jacob D. Cox , fromphoto.— Confederate Intrenchments near New Hope Church, from Brady photo. (E. J. Meeker )—UnionEarth-works in front of Big and Little Kenesaw, and Confederate Works on the South Bank of the Chat-tahoochee, from photos, hy G. N. Barnard (C. A. Vanderhoof) — Map of the Siege of Atlanta—GeneralSherman’s Headquarters at the Howard House in front of Atlanta (Theo. It. Davis) — Sprague’s BrigadeProtecting the Wagon Trains of Sherman’s Army at I locator, Ga. , J uly 22d, 18(14 (Theo. It. Davis) — Sceneof General McPherson’s Death, on the Battle-field ol' .1 uly 22d, 18(14, from Brady photos. (E. J. Meeker) —Major-General James B. McPherson, from Brady photo.—Battle of Atlanta, July 22d, 1804 — The Conteston Bald Hill, Fourth Division, Fifteenth Corps in the Foreground, from the Panorama of Atlanta —Major-General John A. Logan , from Brady photo.—The Battle of Ezra Church, July 28th, 1804 (Theo. It.Davis) — Major-General John M. Corse, who “ held the fort” at Allatoona, from photo.—AllatoonaPass,looking North, from photo, by G. N. Barnard ( IT. Taber) — The Battle of Allatoona, October Btli, 1804 (from“ The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia”)—Brevet Major-General Truman E. G. Ransom, from photo, lenthy Norman Williams.

HOOD’S SECOND SORTIE AT ATLANTA . MAJOR W . H. CHAMBERLIN .326

Illustrations : Tlie Battle of Atlanta, J uly 22d, (James F. Taylor) — Recapture from tHo Confederatesof De Gross’s Battery (two cuts), from the Panorama of Atlanta.

THE GEORGIA MILITIA ABOUT ATLANTA. GENERAL GUSTAVUS IV. SMITH _331

THE DEFENSE OF ATLANTA. GENERAL JOHN B. HOOD .336

Illustrations: View of the Battle of Peaeli Tree Creek from General Hooker’s Position (Theo. It.Davis) — Lieutenant-General Alex. P. Stewart, C. S. A., from photo.— Major-General W. II. T. Walker,

C. S. A., from photo.— Effect of the Union Fire on the Potter House, Atlanta , from photo, hy G. N.Barnard; View of the Confederate Line at the Potter House, looking Eastward, and View’of Confeder-ate Defenses of Atlanta , looking North-east, from photos. (IS. J. Meeker) —Union Defenses at AllatoonaPass, from photo, hy G. N. Barnard (O. A. Vanderhoof).

FINAL OPERATIONS IN ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI .

THE RED RIVER CAMPAIGN. COLONEL RICHARD B. IRWIN . 346

Illustrations : A. J. Smith’s and Porter’s Expedition Starting from Vicksburg for the Red River,from sketch hy Rear-Admiral Walko (E II. Schell and Thomas Hogan) — Map of the Red River , andArkansas and Missouri Campaigns of 1804 (Jacob if ells) — Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks , fromphoto.—Major-General A. J. Smith, from Brady photo.—Major-General J. A. Mower, from Bradyphoto.—Alexandria, on t-lio Red River , from photo, lent hy Loyall Farragnt (IF. Taber) — Brevet Major-General Joseph Bailey, from photo, lent hy R. T. Holcombe — Map and Sections of the Red River Danisabove Alexandria (Gregor Noetzel) — Section of the Bracket Dam, Crib of Stone and Brick, Section of theTree Dam, from prints lent hy General James Grant Wilson (August Will) —The “Lexington ” passingover the Falls at the Dam, from sketch hy James M. Alden (A. M. Turner) — United States HospitalShip, “ Red Rover,” from photo, lent by Major J. II. Benton (J. O. Davidson ).

THE NAVY IN THE RED RIVER. CAPTAIN THOS. O. SELFRIDGE, Jr.. . 302

Illustration : Tlio Figlit at Blair’s Plantation, from sleeted hy Rear-Admiral Walko (F. 11. Schell andThomas Hogan).

THE MISSISSIPPI FLOTILLA IN THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION.306

Illustration : On the Mississippi River Ilospital-boat “D. A. January” (Theo. It. Davis).