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October 1864
2	Adams? brigade camps near Lost Mountain.
4	Hood strikes at Sherman?s rail communications at Big Shanty, Ga. Lorings?s division, including Adams? brigade, captures the garrison at Acworth.
5	Hood?s effort to capture the Federal position at Allatoona fails.
6	Hood leaves his position at Lost Mountain.
13	Hood damages Sherman?s rail communications to
Chattanooga between Resaca and Tunnel Gap.
18	Hood retreats into Alabama with daily skirmishing.
20	Hood reaches Gadsden, Ala., and is joined by General
Beauregard.
26	Stewart skirmishes for theee days with the Federals at
Decatur, Ala.
29	Stewart leaves Federals entrenched at Decatur.
30	Sherman sends Maj. Gen. John Schofield to reinforce Thomas at Nashville and repel Hood?s invasion of Tennessee.
31	Hood?s army arrives at Tuscumbia.
November 1864
19	Hood, joined by Forrest?s cavalry, opens a drive on
Nashville, Tenn.
23	Federals evacuate Pulaski, Tenn.
27	Hood arrives in fronj^of Columbia, Tenn., at night. The
Federals evacuate.
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