Chapter 17

           Mayof1864came—ahotdryMaythatwiltedtheflowersinthebuds—andtheYankeesunderGeneralShermanwereinGeorgiaagain,aboveDalton,onehundredmilesnorthwestofAtlanta.RumorhaditthattherewouldbeheavyfightingupthereneartheboundarybetweenGeorgiaandTennessee.TheYankeesweremassingforanattackontheWesternandAtlanticRailroad,thelinewhichconnectedAtlantawithTennesseeandtheWest,thesamelineoverwhichtheSoutherntroopshadbeenrushedlastfalltowinthevictoryatChickamauga.

           But,forthemostpart,AtlantawasnotdisturbedbytheprospectoffightingnearDalton.TheplacewheretheYankeeswereconcentratingwasonlyafewmilessoutheastofthebattlefieldofChickamauga.Theyhadbeendrivenbackoncewhentheyhadtriedtobreakthroughthemountainpassesofthatregion,andtheywouldbedrivenbackagain.

           Atlanta—andallofGeorgia—knewthatthestatewasfartooimportanttotheConfederacyforGeneralJoeJohnstontolettheYankeesremaininsidethestate’sbordersforlong.OldJoeandhisarmywouldnotletevenoneYankeegetsouthofDalton,fortoomuchdependedontheundisturbedfunctioningofGeorgia.Theunravagedstatewasavastgranary,machineshopandstorehousefortheConfederacy.Itmanufacturedmuchofthepowderandarmsusedbythearmyandmostofthecottonandwoolengoods.LyingbetweenAtlantaandDaltonwasthecityofRomewithitscannonfoundryanditsotherindustries,andEtowahandAllatoonawiththelargestironworkssouthofRichmond.

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