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During the Battle of Allatoona, Lt. Gen. John B. Hood of the Army of Tenn. [CS], while enroute north from Palmetto, Ga., sent Lt. Gen. A.P. Stewart's Corps to destroy the State R.R. from Big Shanty to the Etowah River. Stewart seized Big Shanty and Acworth on the 3d, and French's Div. was sent on the 4th to capture Allatoona. At daylight on the 5th, French [CS] deployed his troops around the Federal garrison, commanded by Gen. John M. Corse [US], posted on high ground east and west of the rock cut.
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