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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
{Top row, 2nd box}
"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.
{Top row, 3rd box}
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!{"}
{Top row, 4th box}
{"}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.
{Second row, 1st box}
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!
{Second row, 2nd box}
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.....
{Second row, 3rd box}
7-19-64
....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!
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