[iowamark]

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Battle of Allatoona, October 5th, 1864, by William Ludlow:

""At 8:30, amid a temporary lull of the uproar that had prevailed, a flag of truce was sent in bearing the following message: It was dated

Around Allatoona, Oct. 5, 1864, 7 A. M.

Commanding Officer, U. S. Forces, Allatoona.

Sir:

I have placed the forces under my command in such position that you are surrounded, and to avoid a needless effusion of blood, I call on you to surrender your forces at once and unconditionally. Five minutes will be allowed you to decide. Should you accede to this, you will be treated in the most honorable manner as prisoners of war. I have the honor to be

Very respectfully yours, S. G. FRENCH, Maj.-Gen’l C. S. A.

Reply:

Maj.-General French, C. S. A., etc.:

Your communication demanding surrender of my command, I acknowledge receipt of, and respectfully reply that we are prepared for the ‘needless effusion of blood’ whenever it is agreeable to you.

I am very respectfully your obedient servant, JOHN M. CORSE, Brigadier-General, Commanding U. S. Forces

Corse’s signal dispatch to Sherman after the fight can therefore well be excused, “I am short a cheek-bone and an ear, but able to whip all h—l yet.”""

[iowamark]

[Fiji Hill]

“Hold the Fort” by Phillip Paul Bliss (1870) was a popular hymn in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although flag semaphore, to which the song refers, has largely fallen out of use as a means of military communication, the hymn is still sung in some denominations and can still be found in a number of hymnals.

[SunkenCiv]

Sherman would think no more about Hood, and was heard to say, “if he’ll go the
Ohio River, I’ll give him rations.”

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[Dacula]

Thank you for sharing.

[iowamark]

General Corse statue in Burlington, Iowa.

Old Corse School

New Corse School

[Prov1322]

Thanks for posting!

Right here in beautiful Bartow County!