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{at top} MR. ARTHUR B. CHITTY 7/27/64 File: Leonides Polk Sewanee, Tenn 37375
{Stamped in upper right} SEWANEE CLUB OF ATLANTA T. G. LINTHICUM, TREAS. P. O. BOX 1680 ATLANTA 1, GA.
{The following is an illustrated comic strip}
{Top row, 1st box on left}
7-19 {copyright symbol} 1964 by The Chicago Tribune.
OLD GLORY at the CROSSROADS 1861 - 1865
by
RICK FLETCHER and ATHENA ROBBINS
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"OLD JOE," AS HIS CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS FONDLY CALL GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, QUICKLY BUILDS FORMIDABLE BREASTWORKS ON GEORGIA'S PINE MOUNTAIN, LOST MOUNTAIN, AND BIG AND LITTLE KENNESAW.
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SO WHEN GEN. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN'S UNION ARMY REACHES A VILLAGE CALLED BIG SHANTY, HE FINDS A MENACING BARRIER FACING HIM ON HIS MARCH TOWARD ATLANTA.
{"}IT'S LIKE A FORTRESS!{"}
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{"}UNCLE BILLY'S DETERMINED TO WIN THESE HILLS!{"}
SHERMAN'S MEN ALSO HASTILY BUILD FORTIFICATIONS OF EARTH AND LOGS, AND THEY CONSTANTLY SKIRMISH AGAINST JOHNSTON'S LONG LINES.
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AS JOHNSTON RECONNOITERS A MOUNTAIN SLOPE WITH TWO OF HIS CORPS COMMANDERS, HE LOSES ONE, WHO IS ALSO A BISHOP--LEONIDAS POLK. AN ARTILLERY SALVO KILLS POLK!
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SHERMAN DECIDES TO MAKE A HARD ASSAULT AND TRY TO CRACK THE CENTER OF THE CONFEDERATE LINE ON KENNESAW MOUNTAIN--JUNE 27, 1864. THERE IS FURIOUS FIGHTING IN SWAMPY RAVINES.....
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....AND ON THE PLAINS AND UP MOUNTAINSIDES THE BATTLE RAGES ON. THE ENTRENCHED CONFEDERATES REFUSE TO YIELD! BUT JOHNSTON SOON MOVES NEARER ATLANTA, WITH SHERMAN STILL FLANKING HIM.
NEXT WEEK: NEW COMMANDER!