CHAPTER XXIII.

PREPARING FOR THE MARCH.

Congratulations and Rejoicings--Sherman's Address to his Army--Incidents of the Campaign--Appearance of Atlanta and its Environs--Hood's Northward March--How Corse Held the Fort--Sherman's Stern Work at Atlanta--Exchange of Prisoners--Organizing for the March to the Sea--Sketches of Howard and Slocum--Orders for the Campaign--Cutting off all Communication with the North--Atlanta in Ruin--Marching Toward the Sea 338