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The Kennesaw Gazette,
PUBLISHED ON THE Ist AND 15th OF
EACH MONTH.
Devoted to the Material Interests and Attractions
for Tourists in the Mountainous Region of
Northern and Northwest Georgia,
REACHED BY
THE GREAT KENNESAW ROUTE:
Western and Atlantic Railroad :
Under the auspices of the Passenger Department,
BY
THE RECORD PUBLISHING COMPANY.
A. L. HARRIS, MANAGING EDITOR.
SUBSCRIPTION: $ 1 a year; six months, 50 ets.
A limited number of acceptable adver
tisements will be inserted in The Kennesaw
Gazette, which publishes a very large edi
tion twice a month, and it is safe to say
that it is read by more people than any
other paper in the South. Great numbers
are distributed in Atlanta, to citizens and
travelers, by the publishers and officials of
the Western and Atlantic Railroad ; and at
other points where The Great Kennesaw Route
is represented. For space and terms ad
dress
Sljc licnncsmu ffinjette,
Box 57 Atlanta, Ga.,
and you will receive a prompt response.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 1, ISB7,
Our Anniversary.
With this number the Kennesaw
Gazette enters upon its second year,
and with much greater confidence and
stability than with which it made its
appearance a year ago. Then a rail
road journal, having for its leading
feature, original illustrated articles'on
the war between the States, was un
known ; in fact, the whole scope and
plan of the Kennesaw Gazette was
something new; but, judging from the
way it has been received from ocean to
ocean, and from the great lakes to the
gulf, it is a successful success. There
fore, we start in this new year, eighteen
hundred and eighty-seven, with that
confidence and comfortable feeling
which success imparts, and promise our
twenty-five thousand readers that there
shall be no abatement in the interest
of our letter-press and attractiveness
of our illustrations.
The Kennesaw Gazette will con
tinue to be authority on the military
operations along the line of the West
ern & Atlantic Kail road, from Chatta
nooga to Atlanta, and will keep to the
front the commanding attractions of
the mountainous region of north and
northwest Georgia to health-seekers,
tourists and investors.
We wish all of our readers a Happy
New Year!
All parties in South Carolina and
the eastern part of Georgia, who desire
information relative to rates, schedules,
etc., on freight business, and informa
tion about the best way to travel, etc.,
between Georgia and the Northwest,
will please call on, or write to George
M. Brown, Southeastern Agent West
ern & Atlantic Railroad, whose address
is at Atlanta, Ga. He will take pleas
ure in answering all questions prompt
ly and in giving all the assistance pos
sible in his line.
Battle-fields Folder of the West
ern & Atlantic R. R.
This new publication has just been
issued by the Western & Atlantic
Railroad Co., and to say that it is su
perb, hardly does it justice. It is the
most splendid piece of advertising mat
ter in its line which has ever come un
der our eyes. The managing editor,
during over twenty years of experience
connected with railroads has never seen
anything which is to be compared to
it.
The title cover is brilliantly illum
inated, and under the letters, “W. &
A.” is a very spirited engraving of the
battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Be
low this, in medallion style, are por
traits of Generals Johnston and Sher
man, McPherson and Polk, around
which the laurel impartially twines.
The clasped hands at the bottom of the
design shows that the war between
brothers is over, and typifies the re
turn of peace and good feeling.
The maps are the most superb which
have ever been published of the At
lanta campaign, and show it in detail
from Chattanooga to Atlanta inclu
sive. The portraits of Generals Sher
man, Johnston and Cleburne, which
appear in the book, are well executed,
and are said to be very fine likenesses.
The text is, first, a resume of the
army operations between Chattanooga
and Atlanta, and then, in detail, a
concise description of each of the
bloody battles or minor engagements
which took place in the territory be
tween the termini of the road.
In the last part of the work is a set
of statistical tables, showing the amount
of ammunition expended by Sherman’s
army during the Atlanta campaign,
from which we notice that during the
month of June, for instance, there was
expended sufficient to cover the firing
of 131 rounds of infantry ammunition
and one round of artillerv amunition
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at every soldier in Johnston’s army of
59,000 men, and it is further proven
that for every one of Johnston’s men
who was hit, whether the wound caus
ed death or was merely a slight one,
there were 1,825 rounds of infantry
ammunition fired by Sherman’s army,
besides 14 rounds of artillery ammuni
tion.
The information in the text is ob
tained from Sherman’s Memoirs, John
ston’s Narrative, the Report of the
Committee on the Conduct of the War,
which was made to Congress in 1866,
and wdiich includes all the daily dis
patches, official reports, etc., of Gen
erals Sherman Thomas, Schofield and
others, and also the “Reports of Con
federate Commanders” who took part
in the Atlanta Campaign. The latter
were obtained directly from the war
department at Washington. There
were other authorities bearing upon
concurrent history which are properly
noted in the publication.
The dreary roll of bloodshed in 80
battles which took place along the line
of the Western & Atlantic is interspers
ed here and there by accounts of en
tertaining incidents, some of which
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have never before been put before the
public in permanent form.
Among these we may mention the
mending of the telegraph wire be
tween Resaca and Dalton by Mrs.
Bachman and her sister, Miss Carrie
Sims. When McPherson made his
famous movement through Snake
Creek Gap against Resaca, a body of
cavalry went to the Western A At
lantic Railroad, north of Resaca, and
cut the telegraph wires, thus breaking
communication between Resaca and
Dalton. Mrs. Bachman and her sis
ter saw this done, and when the caval
rymen were stampeded by the whistle
of a train which was approaching on
the Western & Atlantic Railroad,
these two ladies went down, taking a
piece of wire which they picked up
near their gate, and fastened its two
ends to the broken pieces of the main
wire. Information was then flashed
from Resaca to Dalton of the assault
on Resaca and the temporary repulse
of the Federals. The Confederate
commander-in-chief sent down Hood’s
corps of three divisions under Generals
Hindman, Cleburne and Walter,
With these reinforcements the place
was made impregnable against Mc-
Pherson’s further assaults, and proba
ably saved Johnston’s army from anni
hilation.
But it would require too much space
for us to make more than this passing
allusion to this accurate synoptical his
tory of the Atlanta Campaign. All
who desire a copy of it can readily ob
tain it by writing to Mr. Joseph M.
Brown, General Passenger Agent,
Western & Atlantic Railroad, At
lanta, Ga., or to the other agents of
the company whose names appear else
where in the Kennesaw Gazette.
“How is it,” said a gentleman to one
of the Western & Atlantic officials,
“that your company seems to have the
remarkable success which attends it in
all of its dealings ?”
“Oh, it is because we work hard;
leave no stone unturned in the way of
activity and vigilance, and then trust
to the Lord to make it end all right.”
This is the solution of the whole
matter, and now that we have given
it away, we hope that the example,
particularly the latter part of it, will
be followed out by all the railroads
whose managers are endeavoring to
build up the South and develop all of
its resources.
The annual passes and annual per
mits for reduced fare over the West
ern & Atlantic Railroad for the year
1886, will, by order of the Superin
tendent, be honored by conductors un
til February 1, 1887. We give this
as a matter of information for all par
ties holding annuals over the Western
& Atlantic Railroad.
Parties in Florida, desiring informa
tion in all matters regarding railroad
transportation, etc., will find it to their
interest to write to or call on J. P.
Beckwith, Florida Agent of Western
& Atlantic Railroad and Central Rail
road of Georgia, at 58 West Bay St.,
Jacksonville, Fla.
TN MEMORIAM.
General John A. Logan,
DIED, dec. 26th, 1886.
Prominent in the Atlanta Campaign,
down the line of the AX' estern & At
lantic Railroad, between Chattanooga
and Atlanta, as a division commander
of the Federal army in 1864; since,
prominent in the political records of
the United States, holding high posi
tions of honor and trust; always noted
for fidelity to friends —he has ever
maintained a reputation for ability and
unswerving personal integrity.
No encomium which the Kennesaw
Gazette could express can add to his
well deserved fame; and with sincere
sympathy forthose whom he loved and
who loved him, we will merely add:
May he rest in peace!
The increase in the passenger busi
ness of the Western A Atlantic rail
road withi" the past thirty days has
become a matter of marked comment.
It certainly speaks well for the efficien
cy of the agents of the company as
well as of the magnificent advertising
which the line is doing.
The tide is setting very strongly to
wards Marietta and Atlanta as well as
Thomasville and Florida, and there
are more people going to Aiken and
Charleston from the west than has been
the case for years.
The Western & Atlantic folks are
workers and their work is bearing
splendid fruit just at this time.
All parties in Indiana, Ohio, Mich
igan, or States east who are going
south ; or who expect to ship freight
south should call on or write to C. E.
Harman, General Western Agent of
the Western & Atlantic and Associated
Roads at 131 Vine street, Cincinnati,
Ohio.
The passenger business of the West
ern & Atlantic Railroad has shown an
increase which is extremely compli
mentary to its management within the
past three weeks. The business to Ai
ken, Thomasville and Florida points,
particularly is noticeable. The West
ern & Atlantic is booming now, for a
fact.
Persons in the Northwest who desire
information about passenger rates,
schedules, etc., to Atlanta, Florida,
and other points in the southeast, should
call on or write to J. T. Hosford, Gen
eral Traveling Passenger Agent, West
ern & Atlantic and Associated Roads,
at 79 Clark St., Chicago, 111.