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and worked all night and during thenext morning to intrench, and build,the required bridges. Hood had sentHardee by rail, with perhaps half ofhis command, to hold Jonesboro ’. MyConfederate classmate, S. D. Lee, whohad had the immediate assault at EzraChurch, here appeared again, com-manding Cheatham’s corps. At 3 r. M.on the 31st the Confederates came onwith the usual vigor, but were met byLogan and Ransom, and thoroughlyrepulsed. Hood now abandoned At-lanta , and united with Hardee iuthe vicinity of Jonesboro ’, near Love-joy’s Station. Thomas, joining myleft Hank, fought mainly the battle otSeptember 1st. .During the rest thatfollowed, Blair and Logan went homeon leave of absence; the field-force of the Army of the Tennessee was consol-idated into two corps, Osterhaus temporarily commanding the Fifteenth, andRansom the Seventeenth. Thomas -went to Chattanooga to defend the com-munications with Sherman’s army. Wagner’s division was sent to Chatta-nooga, and Corse’s division to Rome . Colonel John E. Tourtellotte had adetachment garrisoning the works at Allatoona Pass.
Hood had been threatening for some time to break Sherman’s long line ofcommunication and supply. Sherman could not divine Avliero the blow wouldfall. He was already arranging for a campaign southward; but lie wantedGrant’s formal sanction, and he wished to make proper provision for Hood.
At last, on the 2d of October, Hood had passed on Ids way back beyond theChattahoochee. Sherman had waited for this till he was sure that the firstattempt against his line would be south of the Etowah. Now, leaving onecorps, Slocum’s, at Atlanta , he followed Hood with tho remainder of hisforce. Hood stopped near Dallas, and sent French ’s division to take thegarrison of Allatoona and the depots there. From the top of Kenesaw, Sher-man communicated with Corse,J who had joined Tourtellotte at Allatoona-, and
MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN M. CORSE, WIIO “HELD THEFORT” AT ALLATOONA. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.
J On the 4th of October General John M. Corse,commanding the Fourth Division, Fifteenth Corps,stationed in observation at Rome, Georgia , wasordered by General Sherman to move by railwayto Allatoona to assist the garrison at that pointagainst a heavy force of Hood's army, which wasmoving north from Kenesaw Mountain. With apart of his command Corse readied Allatoona at1 a. u. on the f>th. The battle which took placethat day is described in his report as follows:
“The ammunition being unloaded, and the train sentback [to Rome ] for recnforcements, accompanied byColonel Tourtellotte. the post commandant.'! rod©around and inspected.tho ground and made such dispo-sition of the troops as, in my judgment, was necessary
to hold the place until daylight. I then learned i’roij 1Colonel Tourtollotto that tho garrison embraced theMinnesota infantry, 450 men, Major J. C. Edson coimmamliiig; !Ktd Illinois infantry, 2‘JO men, Major Fishccommanding; seven companies 18th Wisconsin in ,i,ntry, lfio men, Lieutenant-Colonel Jackson commanding*12th Wisconsin battery, six gnus, Lieutenant Amnd 1 *commanding—furnishing a force of women, command*by Lieutenant-Colonel J. E. Tourtellotte, 4th Minnon*^Volunteer infantry. I took with me. of Powctt’s 'j
of this division, eight companies 80th Towa infantry* ^men, Lieutenant-Colonel James Eedtield commanding*nine companies 7t h Illinois infantry,201 men, Lieu tenan^
Colonel Hector •Perrin commanding; eight eomP !,1)l< '.fiOth Illinois in fan try, 2(17 men. Lient,-( inland Win. fbinmcommanding; two companies fi7th Illinois infantry. ’men, Captain Vunstienburg commanding; dotachnmi