The Rebels snapped up the bait greedily.

They thought the siege was being raised, and they poured over their works to hurry the Twentieth boys off.

The Twentieth fellows let them know that there was lots of sting in them yet, and the Johnnies were not long in discovering that it would have been money in their pockets if they had let that 'moon-and-star' (that's the Twentieth's badge, you know) crowd alone.
"But the Rebs thought the rest of us were gone for good and that Atlanta was saved.

Naturally they felt mighty happy over it; and resolved to have a big celebration--a ball, a meeting of jubilee, etc.

Extra trains were run in, with girls and women from the surrounding country, and they just had a high old time.
"In the meantime we were going through so many different kinds of tactics that it looked as if Sherman was really crazy this time, sure.