The War of the RebellionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1891 - Confederate States of America |
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Page 19
... rebel rifle - pits on the Turner's Ferry road , and then pressed forward until about 6 p . m . they gained a position on Nickajack Creek , within about 500 yards of rebel intrenchments on the Chattahoochee . Leggett's divis- ion moved ...
... rebel rifle - pits on the Turner's Ferry road , and then pressed forward until about 6 p . m . they gained a position on Nickajack Creek , within about 500 yards of rebel intrenchments on the Chattahoochee . Leggett's divis- ion moved ...
Page 22
... rebel pickets readily driven in , and the line which the rebels had held the evening before was occupied . By order of General McPherson , the troops at once commenced to reverse the works . The Fifteenth Corps was moved up to the rebel ...
... rebel pickets readily driven in , and the line which the rebels had held the evening before was occupied . By order of General McPherson , the troops at once commenced to reverse the works . The Fifteenth Corps was moved up to the rebel ...
Page 23
... rebel force , Hardee's corps , advancing rapidly , forced back the pickets of Giles A. Smith's division , and struck the left flank exactly perpendicularly to his line of battle . At the same time a heavy fire was opened from batteries ...
... rebel force , Hardee's corps , advancing rapidly , forced back the pickets of Giles A. Smith's division , and struck the left flank exactly perpendicularly to his line of battle . At the same time a heavy fire was opened from batteries ...
Page 24
... rebel mass thrown upon it , and in great danger from the heavy columns thrown upon his rear , succeeded in forming his men on the re- verse of his works , and , in conjunction with the operations of General Dodge , General Walcutt , and ...
... rebel mass thrown upon it , and in great danger from the heavy columns thrown upon his rear , succeeded in forming his men on the re- verse of his works , and , in conjunction with the operations of General Dodge , General Walcutt , and ...
Page 31
... rebel advance to the works around Resaca , and developed an artillery fire from his guns in position in the forts . In view of the enemy's works at several points , General McPherson deployed the Fifteenth Corps upon the right , and the ...
... rebel advance to the works around Resaca , and developed an artillery fire from his guns in position in the forts . In view of the enemy's works at several points , General McPherson deployed the Fifteenth Corps upon the right , and the ...
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Acworth Alabama Army of Tennessee arrived artillery assault Assistant Adjutant-General Atlanta attack August Battalion battery breast-works Brig Brigadier-General C. S. Army camp Capt Captain captured casualties cavalry charge Chattahoochee Chattahoochee River Colonel command Company crossed Decatur driving enemy engaged enlisted evacuated fall back Fifteenth Army Corps Fifteenth Corps fire force Fourth Division front gallantry Georgia guns Hardee's HDQRS headquarters heavy hill honor Illinois Illinois Infantry Infantry intrenched Iowa Iowa Infantry Jonesborough July 22 June Kenesaw Mountain Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle loss Major-General mand marched Marietta miles Mississippi Missouri morning moved forward Nickajack Creek night o'clock obedient servant occupied officers open field operations July Osterhaus pickets prisoners railroad rear rebel regiment relieved remained repulsed Resaca respectfully rifle-pits River road Second Brigade Second Division September Seventeenth Army Corps Seventeenth Corps Sixteenth skirmish line Special Field Orders Tennessee Third Brigade took position troops Volunteers William yards