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Vol 1.
General John M. Corse.
One of the pleasantest incidents
which has occurred in Georgia in a
long time has been the visit of General
Jno. M. Corse, the hero of Allatoona,
to the scenes of the battle-fields along
the line of the Western & Atlantic
railroad, wherein he figured so promi
nently during the years 1863 and
1864.
Accompanied by Mr. T. DeThuls
trup, who was sent down to make some
historical paintings for an eastern art
publishing house, the General arrived
in Atlanta on the 20th of July, where
he became the guest of Mr. Joseph M.
Brown, General Freight and Passen
ger Agent of the Western & Atlantic
Railroad.
After spending a day in Atlanta,
General Corse, accompanied by some
other gentlemen, went to Marietta and
thence to Kennesaw Mountain, spend
ing nearly the entire day.
Thence they proceeded to Allatoona,
where they remained for more than a
day, during which the party inspected
the old fortifications of the famous Al
latoona Pass and went up on the sum
mit of Allatoona Mountain, from
which there is a vie.w over the sur
rounding country for a number of
miles, wherein occurred momentous
military operations in May and June,
1864.
From Allatoona the party went in
the “Atlanta,” the officers’ car of the
Western & Atlantic railroad, to Cal
houn, and thence out to Lay’s Ferry.
Gen. Corse, by the way, command
ed the Federals who made the move
ment against Lay’s Ferry on the 14th
of May, 1864, and after a sharp fight
secured a crossing over the Oostanaula
river, and thus forced the evacuation
of the strong position at Resaca by
Johnston, by reason of the fact that
from Lay’s Ferry the Federal army
was nearer Calhoun than was Johnston
himself.
From Calhoun the party went, the
same day, to Chattanooga, and rode in
carriages to the summit of Missionary
Ridge via Orchard Knob, which is but
a few yards distant from the Western
& Atlantic railroad, and which was
Grant’s position for personal observa
tion during the battle of Missionary
Ridge.
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Riding along the summit of the
ridge, they enjoyed the magnificent
scenery on both sides of it, and driv
ing northeastward reached the position
which was held by Cleburne’s troops
on the Confederate right in the battle
of Missionary Ridge. This position,
by the way, is immediately in sight of
the Western & Atlantic railroad, near
Boyce.
Gen. Corse commanded one of the
columns assaulting Cleburne’s position,
and was badly wounded within less
than a hundred yards of Cleburne’s en- i
trench men ts. This wound laid him .
up for several months; but he was him-
“So, ’neath their parent turf they rest,
Far from the gory field,
Borne to a Spartan mother’s breast
On many a bloody shield ;
The sunshine of their native sky
Smiles sadly on them here,
And kindred eyes and hearts watch by
The heroes’ sepulchre.
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Bivouac of the Dead.
Yon marble minstrel’s voiceless stone
In deathless song shall tell,
When many a vanished age hath flown,
The story how ye fell;
Nor wreck, nor change, nor winter’s blight,
Nor Time’s remorseless doom,
Shall dim one ray of glory’s light
That gilds your deathless tomb.”
Theodore O’Hara.
self again at the opening of the At
lanta campaign in the spring of 1864.
From Chattanooga the party re
turned to Atlanta and spent a couple
of days here, during which Gen. Corse
and party drove out to the position oc
cupied by his troops just before the
battle of Ezra Church. This position
is on the ridge immediately west of the
Atlanta colored university.
They then went to the scenes amid
which occurred the battle of the 22d
of July, in which Geu. McPherson, on
the Federal side, and Gen. Wm. H.
T. Walker, on the Confederate side,
were killed. They stopped at the
Reston, embalmed and sainted dead,
Dear as the blood ye gave ;
No impious footsteps here shall tread
The herbage of your grave;
Nor shall your glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where Valor proudly sleeps,
McPherson memorial. In our last
number it will be remembered we had
an account of his death.
On Monday night, the 26th ult.,
Mr. Alton Angier, Assistant General
Passenger Agent of the Western & At
lantic railroad, gave an elegant lunch
at the Capital City Club, to General
Corse and a select party of Atlanta
gentlemen, which was an occasion of
much enjoyment to all present.
General Corse left for his home in
Boston, Mass., within a couple of days
afterwards. We have no doubt but
that his visit is but the precursor of
many others by the soldiers of both ar
mies to the scenes of their trials and
their glory along the line of the West
ern & Atlantic railroad.
The General will ever be remem
bored by those with whom he came in
contact, as combining all the elements
of a polished, sociable and agreeable
gentlemen; one who fought with un
usual bravery and ability; but who
stopped fighting when the war was
over, and whose exertions now are in
favor of the development of not only
the material resources of the country,
but of that good feeling which should
always exist among the American peo
ple.
From Allatoona Heights, looking
southwest, there is a beautiful view
over the valleys of Allatoona creek and
Pumpkinvine creek. Every old sol
dier in Sherman’s and Johnston’s ar
mies remembers these two names.
About a thousand yards south of the
heights; above the famous Allatoona
Pass, is the hill whereon was located
the Confederate battery which did so
much damage and caused so much an
noyance to Gen. Corse’s men, in Gen.
French’s attack upon the forts at that
point, October sth, 1864. Beyond this
hill, fifteen miles in the distance, to
the south, can be seen the twin peaks
of Kennesaw Mountain looming up in
beauty and grandeur above the sur
rounding hills. It is a sight well worth
going to Allatoona to see.
One of the prettiest places near At
lanta for a half hour’s railroad ride
and a portion of a day’s rest in the
shade, is at Vining’s Station. Here is
a beautiful grove, and a bold spring of
the purest water.
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