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Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 35: Battle of Atlanta (search)
division had bravely withstood the first assault. The Confederate brigade of Manigault behind that troublesome building was compactly formed for attack; Colonel W. S. Jones was commanding the Union brigade in his front. Jones's men were occupied by the shooters from that building and elsewhere and blinded by the thick smoke ofJones's men were occupied by the shooters from that building and elsewhere and blinded by the thick smoke of the artillery. Like the sudden break of a dam, when the rushing water carries all before it, so that close-formed and waiting Confederate brigade left its cover and rushed down the railway cut and not only displaced Jones's front, but carried away the supporting lines and seized two of our batteries. It was the first bona fideJones's front, but carried away the supporting lines and seized two of our batteries. It was the first bona fide break in Logan's front, and it afforded Cheatham a temporary triumph. During that exciting, noisy, tumultuous and eventful afternoon my own part was easy. I was constantly reminded to keep the Confederate Stewart or G. W. Smith from leaving my front. We did that. I was also to be carefully prepared to reenforce Logan should h
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Chapter 36: Battle of Ezra Church (search)
ine opposite our extreme right Major Charles Hipp, with the Thirty-seventh Ohio, aided by another regiment, had prepared a log house for defense, and thrown out his skirmishers right and left. To the left of him, on the lower ground, Colonel W. S. Jones had two other regiments, with a section of artillery, in support of skirmishers and as an advance guard. The first warning to Major Hipp was heavy firing to his left. He was evidently beyond the reach of the Confederates, though not of theorse. Sergeant Ernst Torgler, who brought him off the field, received for it a medal of honor. The adjutant, Lambert, acting for the major, brought the regiment, fighting its way, without loss of order, all the way back to our main line. Colonel Jones also succeeded in retiring his command to its proper front. It was doubtless such temporary covers as these outside regiments had had which caused Confederate officers to think that they had driven back our men from a main line of works.
Oliver Otis Howard, Autobiography of Oliver Otis Howard, major general , United States army : volume 2, Index (search)
Johnston, Joseph E., I, 62, 151, 155-157, 173, 181, 196, 202, 203, 216, 222, 225, 226, 230, 231, 234, 493-495, 498, 502, 503, 507-510, 516, 520, 521, 523, 525, 528-531, 533, 534, 540, 541, 543, 550, 551, 553, 559, 561-564, 567, 568, 570, 574, 577, 578-580, 586, 589, 592, 594, 596, 598, 600, 603-605; II, 136, 140-143, 145-148, 150-158, 163, 309, 554. Jones, D. R., I, 147, 294, 302, 304. Jones, John M., I, 50. Jones, J. R., I, 290. Jones, P. H., I, 617. Jones, Samuel, I, 96. Jones, W. S., II, 12, 23. Jonesboro, Battle of, II, 27-40. Jordan, Miss, II, 377. Joseph, Chief, If, 475, 567. Judah, Henry M., I, 511, 513. Kearney, Phil., I, 221,234-236, 242, 244, 251, 262-264, 268, 269. Keitly, Mr., II, 537. Kellogg, Sanford C., I, 354-355. Kemper, James L., I, 435. Kenesaw, Battle of, I, 571-588. Kent, Prentiss J., I, 238. Ketchum, A. P., II, 240, 241. Ketchum, Edgar, II, 421, 422. Keyes, Erasmus D., I, 172, 211,216, 220, 227, 229-231, 235,