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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.
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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. Eor space and terms ad
dress
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and you will receive a prompt response.
ATLANTaTgA., MAY 15, 1887.
“Boys, she is on a boom.” We are
not talking now about Chattanooga,
or Birmingham, or Kansas City, or
any of the other ambitious towns; but
of the passenger business of the West
ern & Atlantic Railroad.
It has increased within the past few
weeks to an extent which is the admi
ration of its stockholders and the envy
of its competitors. It is a high tribute
to the company’s officersand employes.
All things seem to conspire, on the
Western & Atlantic Railroad, to help
Marietta. The recent changes of sched
ule increase the facilities to an extent
which makes the two points seem al
most within street car proximity to
each other.
In other -words, Marietta is now not
only a suburb of Atlanta, but almost a
jiart of the metropolis; or Atlanta has
practically been annexed to Marietta.
We use the former of these expres
sions when we are in Atlanta, and the
latter when we are up at Marietta.
We know how to be politic.
The Western & Atlantic Railroad
has three through freight trains per day
from Atlanta to Chattanooga, and
four through freight trains per
day from Chattanooga to Atlanta.
Each of these trains has close connec
tion at Chattanooga for the northwest,
or with the roads bringing freight
from the northwest.
The Western & Atlantic freight de
pot is within 250 yards of the Union
Depot and Kimball House in Atlanta.
Its sidetracks are immediately behind
the wholesale provision and grocery
houses of Atlanta. Its freight depot
in Chattanooga is at the corner of
Market and Ninth streets, only about
GO yards from the Union Passenger
Depot. Its facilities for the prompt
forwarding and handling of freight,
therefore, are unrivalled by those of
any other road entering Atlanta or
Chattanooga.
Battle of New Hope Church, (or
Pickett’s Mill,) May 27,1864.
Probably the only conflict of any
magnitude between the armies of
Johnston and Sherman, in the Atlanta
Campaign in 1864, in which neither
side, at the immediate point of conflict,
had any entrenchments, was that which
took place near New Hope Church,
and in the immediate vicinity of Pick
ett’s Mill, (whence it is called by eith
er name,) May 27 of that year. The
Federal forces consisted of Wood’s and
Johnson’s divisions of the Fourth
corps, and McLean’s brigade of
the Twenty-third corps. Cleburne
met these with his division, (except
that Polk’s brigade was not engaged,)
being re-inforced during the fight by
Quarles’ brigade of Stewart’s division.
We give, on another page, General
Cleburne’s official report of the battle,
which is very graphic.
The writer has been at the spot
where the struggle took place between
Granbury’s brigade and Wood’s divis
ion, which made the assault in six
lines of battle, according to the Fed
eral records. Gen. Cleburne’s report
is remarkably accurate, certainly so
far as the description of the ground is
concerned.
We have been informed by an army
officer that this combat was one of the
most desperate, in some respects, which
took place during the entire war. The
Federals met the Cen fed erates in the
forest, and neither side had entrench
ments or any sort of cover, where the
battle raged most fiercely.
The Confederates held their fire un
til the Federals came in six columns
down a long hill in full sight of them,
disappeared from view in the ravine,
and ascended the opposite hill —a steep
one, on which they stood in line and
then, rising above a sort of rocky shelf,
faced them on a comparatively level
strip of ground, or natural glacis, as
Gen. Cleburne terms it. The Con
federates had orders not to fire until
the command was given them, and
this order was obeyed by the men so
strictly that a portion of Wheeler’s
dismounted cavalry thought that they
had surrendered, and began upbraid
ing them, from a neighboring hillside.
As the two forces stood confronting
each other in the forest, the order
rang out from the Confederate com
mander, “FIRE!”
A terrific sheet of flame and smoke
burst from their line, and almost ev
ery man in the front rank of the Fed
erals went down. The next column
came up the hill, close on the heels of
their unfortunate predecessors, and
the Confederates, who had reloaded,
fired another fearful volley, which
swept them down like a scythe lays
the wheat.
The combat now became very fierce
and vigorous on both sides. The
assaults were made with the utmost
daring and determination, and were
met with unflinching firmness. .-It was
a square stand-up, knock-down and
drag-out sight —one doing great credit
to both armies; but resulted in the
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Confederates holding their position at
all points.
General Johnston records the fol
lowing touching incident: “When the
United States troops paused in their
advance, within fifteen paces of the
Texan front rank, one of their color
bearers planted his colors eight or ten
feet in front of his regiment, and was
instantly shot dead: a soldier sprang
forward to his place, and fell also, as
he grasped the color-staff; a second
and third followed successively, and
each received death as speedily as his
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predecessors; a fourth, however, seized
and bore back the object of soldierly
devotion.”—Narrative,pages 330-331.
There were few conflicts as game as
this during the whole war; and there
were few which were as bloody, so far
as proportionate casualties to the as
sailing forces were concerned. As
Gen. Cleburne savs, these were a si
lent but sufficient eulogy upon the
firmness and heroic courage of Gran
bury and his Texans who bore the
brunt of the desperate and persistent
assaults which were made upon them
by brave veteran soldiers.
Gen. Cleburne’s report shows that
his loss was 85 killed and 363 wound
ed. The Federals officially admitted
their loss t) be over 1,500. Their dead
and wounded lay so thickly in front of
the Confederate position that the next
morning one could walk for two hun
dred yards down (he line, and step
from one prostrate body to another the
whole way.
The odds in point or numbers were
decidedly against the Confiderates;
but Pat Cleburne, always cool, clear
headed and brave, in this battle, as in
every other one where he took part,
pioved that he was more than a match
fiir anything like even opposition, or,
in fact, odds which were not manifest
ly overwhelming. J. M. B.
Magnificent scenery is viewed from
the summits of Kennesaw,-Allatoona
and Rocky Face Mountains, directly
on the line of the Western & Atlantic
Railroad, and all along the line of the
Marietta and North Georgia Railroad.
A Religious Route.
It is said of the “Hardshell” Bap
tists that they have three distinguish
ing characteristics, viz: paying their
debts ; drinking good whisky, and vot
ing the democratic ticket.
Os the Baptists in general, we may
add that they have recently given an
other exhibition of good sense and
shrewd discernment by going over the
Western & Atlantic Railroad from
Georgia, Carolina and Florida to the
Southern Baptist Convention at Lou
isville. The Western & Atlantic had
to put on two special sleeping cars to
accommodate the unusually large num
ber who went. Nearly all of them,
by the way, went via the Western &
Atlantic, which made a regular
“scoop” of this business.
We would now suggest to the Meth
odists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians,
Israelites, Catholics and other denom
inatons that while it is a most lauda
ble thing to live in such a manner as
to go to heaven when they die, yet it
is equally their duty to keep from dy
ing as long as possible; and about the
surest way we know to live up to the
doctrine which we have just announced,
is to travel over the Western & At
lantic Railroad.
It “gets you there” safely and on
time, and in a good humor with your
self and with the world. In other
words, the brethren don’t feel like say
ing naughty words by having their
temper upset because of missing con
nections, and being fooled by false
promises, etc.
Some Chance for Conductors.
Conductor Ish Dunn, of the West
ern & Atlantic, had about thirty Bap
tist preachers on his train, No. 19,
May 3d, going to the Southern Bap
tist Convention in Louisville.
While he was taking up the tickets
he remarked, to one of them, “Oh,
this train is perfectly safe, and we’re
going to get to Chattanooga on time
and with no sort of accident, because
we have got so many preachers aboard.
They are all certain to go to heaven,
and their presence aboard the train
makes it sure of no accidents.”
“Well,” said the minister in reply,
“I hope we will all go to heaven ; but
the ministers don’t monopolize the
kingdom.”
“No,” said Ish with a smile of great
satisfaction. “There will be some con
ductors there in spite of anything.”
Passengers trom the North and West
who are coming to Atlanta, or who
intend making connection at Atlanta
with diverging roads, should bear it in
mind that Ihe Western & Atlantic
Raiiroad is the only Hue leading from the
whose trains land passengers or
make connection in the Union Depot
at Atlanta. Unless they' come, there
fore, via the Western <fc Atlantic they
will be subject to a long and tedious
omnibus transfer. This fact should be
borne in mind, by not only those who
come South, but by all passengers from
the southeast who are going to the
northwest.
The Kennesaw Route always ahead,