nt within the
defences of Nashville, and like an old lion, silently licking his chops as
he watched his prey draw nigh.

November 12th Sherman, having stripped his railroad, cut the telegraph
wires that no message of delay might reach him, loaded his teams, marched
his 60,000 men for Savannah, and, although he "lived off the country," got
there with empty wagons.

With Hood and Forrest in his rear and on his railroad, how was he to
accumulate a fresh store of provision, and what would have become of the
"March to the Sea" if Allatoona had been lost?

WILLIAM LUDLOW.

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Transcriber's Notes:

Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_.

The following misprints have been corrected:
"Chatahooche" corrected to "Chattahooche" (page 10)
"VINCINITY" corrected to "VICINITY" (illustration "Allatoona and Vicinity")
"ocntrast" corrected to "contrast" (page 19)
"The The" corrected to "The" (page 21)
"succeesfully" corrected to "successfully" (page 24)
"Tourtellottee" corrected to "Tourtellotte" (page 37)

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