Chapter Ix. the Final Blow At Atlanta--Johnston's Untried Plan of

Resistance--Hood's Faulty Move--Holding the Pivot of the Position --Anecdotes of the Men in the Ranks--Deferring to General Stanley in a Question of Relative Rank--The Failure at Jonesboro'--The Capture of Atlanta--Absent from the Army--Hood's Operations in Sherman's Rear--Sent Back to Thomas's Aid--Faulty Instructions to Oppose Hood at Pulaski--At Columbia--Reason of the Delay in Exchanging Messages.