May of 1864 came--a hot dry May that wilted the flowers in the buds--and the Yankees under General Sherman were in Georgia again, above Dalton, one hundred miles northwest of Atlanta.

• 1864年的五月来到了，那是个又热又干燥的五月，花蕾还来不及绽放就枯萎了。 谢尔曼将军指挥下的北军又一次进入佐治亚，到了多尔顿北边，在亚特兰大西北一百英里处。