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Jefferson Davis and others...
Jefferson Davis and others...
Item # 707931
October 08, 1864
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Oct. 8, 1864
* Battle of Allatoona Pass
* Bartlow County, Georgia
Front page column heads on the Civil War: "From Georgia & Virginia" "Battle Near Altoona" "Gen. Thomas Defeat the Enemy" "Affairs In Grant Army" "From the Army of the James" "From Port Royal" and more.
Inside includes: "Jeff. Davis' Confession" "Jeff. Davis on the Desperate Condition of The Confederacy--Grant's Late Movements in Virginia" and more.
Eight pages, nice condition.
background: The Battle of Allatoona Pass, fought on October 5, 1864, in Bartow County, stands as one of the most desperate and bloody small-scale engagements of the American Civil War, resulting in a staggering 30% casualty rate for both sides. Following the fall of Atlanta, Confederate Major General Samuel G. French attempted to seize this strategic 175-foot-deep railroad cut to sever General William T. Sherman's vital supply line to the north. Despite being outnumbered and facing a polite demand to surrender to avoid a "needless effusion of blood," Union Brigadier General John M. Corse famously refused, and his troops—many armed with rapid-fire Henry repeating rifles—held their earthen fortifications through hours of brutal, hand-to-hand combat. The Union’s successful defense not only preserved the Western & Atlantic Railroad but also inspired the famous hymn "Hold the Fort," based on a signal flag message sent from nearby Kennesaw Mountain. Today, the site remains one of Georgia's most evocative battlefields, where the original "Deep Cut" and the ruins of the Star Fort are still visible along the shores of Lake Allatoona.
Category: Yankee
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