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The Daily Dispatch: July 21, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 3 (search)
be, and I fear is, too late to save Atlanta; but do not place the blame upon the wrong shoulders. And especially do not say Johnston could not but retire because Forrest was not sent to him. Forrest was not idle in the West; he was beating back column after column of reinforcements going to Sherman. The order for him to move to GForrest was not idle in the West; he was beating back column after column of reinforcements going to Sherman. The order for him to move to Georgia was given, nevertheless; but before he could obey it, the enemy were again moving from Memphis to the support of Sherman, and it became necessary to fight him. Forrest has been assisting Johnston in Mississippi. He could have done no more in Georgia. Appomattox. ements going to Sherman. The order for him to move to Georgia was given, nevertheless; but before he could obey it, the enemy were again moving from Memphis to the support of Sherman, and it became necessary to fight him. Forrest has been assisting Johnston in Mississippi. He could have done no more in Georgia. Appomattox.