Thursday, July 3, 2014

July 4, 1864---Retreating Joe



JULY 4, 1864:            

General Joseph E. Johnston C.S.A. belatedly realizes that Union troops are in his rear. In order to protect Atlanta, he hurriedly gives orders for his army to fall back from Kennesaw Mountain to the Chattahoochee River. The Richmond newspapers jeer, naming him “Retreating Joe.” 






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