Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell up to page 385

This section has been very eventful, and Im sure you'll agree when you read my summary:
After thirty days of the attack, the battle stops. The Yankees move to capture the Jonesboro rail line, which is very close to Tara. Scarlett’s terror grows when she receives a letter from Gerald saying that Ellen and both of Scarlett’s sisters have typhoid fever. By the first of September, Scarlett does not know whether the Yankees are at Tara or whether her family is still alive. She longs to go home, but she will not break her promise to Ashley by leaving Melanie. Melanie tells Scarlett the baby will come very soon and makes Scarlett promise to take the baby if Melanie dies.The defeated Confederate army abandons Atlanta and retreats south, leaving the city to the Yankees. Scarlett goes to the depot to find Dr. Meade and encounters a seemingly endless trail of dead and dying soldiers. Dr. Meade cannot leave them to help Melanie, and everyone else is evacuating the city. Melanie goes into labor, and Prissy admits to Scarlett that she lied when she claimed to know how to deliver a baby. For the first time in her life, Scarlett strikes a slave, slapping Prissy across the face. Scarlett hurries to try to help Melanie. After a long, painful labor, Melanie gives birth to a boy. Atlanta is nearly deserted, but Scarlett sends Prissy to find Rhett and tell him to come help them escape to Tara. Confederate soldiers confiscate Rhett’s horse and carriage, but he steals an old horse and cart and drives away with the women, Wade, and the baby. The retreating Confederate army has torched Atlanta’s foundries and storehouses to keep the Yankees from looting them. Scarlett feels unutterably grateful for Rhett’s strength and protection as they ride through the blazing streets. At last they make it out of Atlanta, and Scarlett repeats her desire to go to Tara. Rhett says that to do so would be suicidal, as the woods near Tara are full of Yankees. To Scarlett’s shock, Rhett announces that he is abandoning her to join the Confederate army. He kisses Scarlett passionately, overwhelming her with unfamiliar feelings. Her fury at his announcement quickly returns, though, and she slaps him. He walks away, and Scarlett takes the reins.
The baby is finally born! The poor thing though, trapped in this awful war situation. Im glad Scarlett decided to leave though! they would have been doomed if they stayed there. I still feel like the battle correlates with Scarlett's warring emotions and feelings toward the men in her life. She just has so many problems to deal with on top of keeping herself safe from war! I can't wait to read about more of them though!