Chapter 8

Affair at Kolb's Farm--Hooker's Despatch Evidently Misinterpreted --A Conversation with James B. McPherson over the Question of Relative Rank--Encouraging John B. Hood to become a Soldier--Visit to the Camp of Frank P. Blair, Jr.--Anecdote of Sherman and Hooker under Fire--The Assault on Kenesaw--Tendency of Veteran Troops-- The Death of McPherson before Atlanta--Sherman's error in a Question of Relative Rank.