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4 j, ■ r ■ i - ,; B|oa\ /tJmm : ■^ : - -- :jWW''iJWiiy. 'itfl y to; 1 J <'|j ® ?« w GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON. with the intention of capturing that point; but, after severe fighting at Tunnel Hill, and at Mill Creek Gap and Dug Gap, which cross Rocky Face Ridge, retired again to Chattanooga. In March, General Wm. T. Sher man was appointed commander of the consolidated Federal armies of the Cumberland, Tennessee and Ohio, at Chattanooga. Genet al Jos. E. John ston had previously been appointed to the command of the Confederate army at Dalton, succeeding General Har dee, who had temporarily commanded it after General Bragg was relieved. Early in May, 1864, began the great Atlanta campaign, with fighting at Tunnel Hill, Mill Creek Gap, Dug Gap, and at other points along Rocky Face Ridge near Dalton. “At the date of the opening of the great Atlanta campaign, Sherman had a total force of 98,797 men and 254 Tuni/el Hlfir?//" il 7x4 MAP OF -DALTON- AND VICINITY 1J ) l"" Ji- SCALE OF MILES. 3 USKwK I ” ?—— .1 kt* ? 7 -f \ —Z // t^ === T) r Z \ "ZD oluz *l-ir w MHI FT < )\r z-tW® 7z/<i VA\n i t m.X 3w70. f'flW Tz/Ozv ztDD--' Ul iIM H-y-'AvM f / A DyD ■Of < izi» DvJ-if / z 3l( 4~3 ZA n < U\\ ' ' W; DALTON \ Wiggs Mill f 7 ST Aug. 14 Z'Dp I Ceinetery Oct. 4 «,) fs«4. 7 r 3 i \ \UT> s | \ U) V }\ u '-W : ■ ypU ) y ■Grycus Old Mills & J■ / *r\ \ \ JVi ( ,Z\\ \1 n "w- v 7 Yy/Vy V J Fc®<;, 51 ? y 8 > iBG4, A | { \ toM z 7<(Y rj 3 t j cZentDVyO S/<* Jtth <LMillCCrcck csMwP ’ ■ Yzf ‘ / ,</ / ' Clfur* I.Lind S. H . W®. I r-f P / // z_ r A l Sta.. MAP OK /”x> ’CHATTANOOGA-; AND VICINITY. I Iv !'2/Z7/ - : -kL XVn SCALE OF MILES'. “3 ' 7// i V A 1 0 1 2 S 4 wW'z-// w- Vft twpn < 1 . rz# SR v ' \X SVffl / \ Battie o^li*^ur^«i<ljre < A\Chlckamauga ■/ . JVButtk-uniOnglifeC'loud>.' v../rirTiiiau"- r . 1 ‘ 1 . r ' 1 \”/3T X ’ '■ 7 ywo .\r 3 • ui'i 11 nertojnr braMPZ. ftAiviHV > I - ZvzXXY Xov. stdtifox ■■ /Z v'*’ 7 * 3yAf G TTyTSZZ^yyNewEibrrjvClcrz^> '} ■ " W'Za-J a SaZfill V , . ■ ; cx l i rri 7 n ■ t K owhi w 7 Y'' o_ ■ 71 s f [A. •_y? SwtOakChk 7 '-A z . I 7z,z\ T 77'’’77«54 N.RTHRuF 4 CO., AiT-m.NTINS WORKS, BUFFALO, N.Y, THE KENNESAW GAZETTE. ■BtoMMBr <w Jm ' *W 'w(w i w/ I ■ ■';.;| =:W<slis®sSi >, ’■ j (JEN. \VM. T. SHERMAN. '■■: Vv ~ „ \7 .7 TV y 7“ (KSYY ZMloo t WH wßzWvz W / i WWFr \& i $ I M?- >■ y JBT, | Wlte'xY V) WA=l\\ tUI iA§Sg®!IXZX . ? < x Z YJ L v’? es aca SWWallejV.O. J 3 d F y \ x s 7 / =7 ZwCratgl \ ' w y 77 3 X / / 1 \ IB iWk $ uUw^ 6 ' lu Chi?rclrygjfe~s )) i 3 X V r ! ( / . »“7K I n V j WlPi'W? I \XX o :Distnier J>n=y’ S!= ''AnAP II or (Tait ner’s) Ferry/I// AT A r> ZLTI \’'i //4-Bfffile* MAP OF yt- •RESACA- # \7V\l j ' Cemetery AND VICINITY. \ ! .Of 2 ,° 2 ? 8 miles \ TpZX. —_-2Z_Z _ \ CI V 7 8 g\CALHOJUhj; MATTHEWS, NORTHRUP 1 CO., ART-PRINTING WORKS, BUFFALO, N. Y, cannon, divided as follows: Army of the Cumberland, under Major-General Thomas, 60,773 men, and 130 field guns; Army of the Tennessee, under Major-General McPherson, 24,465 men and 96 guns; Army of the Ohio, un der Major-General Schofield, 13,559 men and 28 guns. These were furth er subdivided into 88,188 infantry, 4,460 artillerymen, and 6,149 cavalry. Johnston had 42,856 men and 120 cannon ; the men being divided as fol lows: infantry 37,652, artillerists 2,- 812, and cavalry 2,392. He says of his cannon, however, that only about one-half of them were effective for ser vice, because of the bad condition of the horses, by reason of the scarcity of food during the winter. Within a few days, Sherman was re-enforced by about 14,000 cavalry, which swelled his total effective force to 112,819 men*. All of these figures are official. Added to these, were the re-enforce ments, which the two armies received, during the campaign, which were as follows: By Sherman, Blair’s corps, 9,000 men at Acworth, June Bth, be sides ‘new regiments and furlcughed men’ not eni merate l; by