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September 1st, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 170
the battery battle-flag myself; he was just behind one of the guns and endeavoring to escape. I know we, for a considerable time, had virtual possession of the Eighth and Nineteenth Arkansas Battery before troops from any other brigade came to our support, and that after we reached them no guns were fired from that battery. George W. Harter, Captain, Comdg. Company A, Seventy-fourth Indiana Vols. Inclosure no. 2. Statement of Capt. S. J. North. In the charge on the 1st of September, 1864, by the Third Brigade, I was commanding Company F, Seventy-fourth Indiana Volunteers, which was on the right of the second line when the brigade line of battle was formed. In advancing, Companies A, F, and D of our regiment overlapped and extended to the right of the first line of battle, and there being no troops connecting with us on the right, we, upon entering the woods in front of the enemy's works, obliqued to the right and charged the works of the enemy, so that Company A of
June 10th (search for this): chapter 170
ding the corps, had so narrow an escape from being shot, and his senior aide-de-camp, Maj. D. W. Norton, was killed. Other general officers, including the general commanding the division, would have been killed during the occupancy of this position had not Providence been more merciful and rebels less skillful in arms than they were discreet. The losses of the brigade at this point were: Zzz June 5, the rebels evacuated their works, brigade moving immediately forward, and on the 10th of June went into position in front of Pine Knob, skirmishers engaging the enemy's pickets without loss. Except changing of position to the left, building breast-works, digging trenches, marching, and bivouacking, nothing transpired of interest until the 14th instant, when our skirmish lines were again hotly engaged with those of the enemy, and continued to be so up to and during the 17th, when the enemy evacuated their position in front of the right of our army. The losses of the brigade were:
June 5th (search for this): chapter 170
mediate rear of our lines, whilst occupying this position, that Major-General Palmer, commanding the corps, had so narrow an escape from being shot, and his senior aide-de-camp, Maj. D. W. Norton, was killed. Other general officers, including the general commanding the division, would have been killed during the occupancy of this position had not Providence been more merciful and rebels less skillful in arms than they were discreet. The losses of the brigade at this point were: Zzz June 5, the rebels evacuated their works, brigade moving immediately forward, and on the 10th of June went into position in front of Pine Knob, skirmishers engaging the enemy's pickets without loss. Except changing of position to the left, building breast-works, digging trenches, marching, and bivouacking, nothing transpired of interest until the 14th instant, when our skirmish lines were again hotly engaged with those of the enemy, and continued to be so up to and during the 17th, when the enemy
September 3rd, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 170
l, Commanding. [Maj. James A. Lowrie, Assistant Adjutant-General, Third Division.] Hdqrs. Third Brig., Third Div., 14TH Army Corps, Near Jonesborough, Ga., September 3, 1864. Major: I have the honor to submit the following report of the part taken by the Third Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, in the action near Commanding. Maj. James A. Lowrie, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Third Division, 14th Army Corps. Inclosure no. 1. Hdqrs. Seventy-Fourth Indiana Volunteers, September 3, 1864. Col. George P. Este, Commanding Third Brigade: Understanding there is some dispute relative to who captured the Eighth and Nineteenth Arkansas Battertain, Comdg. Company F, Seventy-fourth Indiana Vols. Inclosure no. 3. Statement of Second Lieut. Jerry Kuder. headquarters Seventy-Fourth Indiana, September 3, 1864. I belong to Company A, and was on the right of the regiment, which was on the right second line, when the brigade line of battle was formed, I in the adv
June 2nd (search for this): chapter 170
and the first to occupy them, and, being re-enforced, pushed forward and captured some 60 prisoners without loss. May 17, left Resaca, passing through Adairsville, Calhoun, and Kingston. No events of special importance transpired except that, on the 22d day of May, the Tenth Indiana was detailed to form part of the garrison at Kingston, and rejoined the brigade on the 15th of June. Crossing Pumpkin Vine Creek June 1, and camping in rear of the Twenty-third Army Corps during the night, June 2 took up position on the extreme left of Fourteenth Army Corps. During the 2d, 3d, and 4th days our skirmish lines were during most of the time hotly engaged, although suffering but little loss, owing to the extreme carefulness of officers and men. It was in the immediate rear of our lines, whilst occupying this position, that Major-General Palmer, commanding the corps, had so narrow an escape from being shot, and his senior aide-de-camp, Maj. D. W. Norton, was killed. Other general officer
June 1st (search for this): chapter 170
eers, were the first to discover the evacuation of their works by the rebels, and the first to occupy them, and, being re-enforced, pushed forward and captured some 60 prisoners without loss. May 17, left Resaca, passing through Adairsville, Calhoun, and Kingston. No events of special importance transpired except that, on the 22d day of May, the Tenth Indiana was detailed to form part of the garrison at Kingston, and rejoined the brigade on the 15th of June. Crossing Pumpkin Vine Creek June 1, and camping in rear of the Twenty-third Army Corps during the night, June 2 took up position on the extreme left of Fourteenth Army Corps. During the 2d, 3d, and 4th days our skirmish lines were during most of the time hotly engaged, although suffering but little loss, owing to the extreme carefulness of officers and men. It was in the immediate rear of our lines, whilst occupying this position, that Major-General Palmer, commanding the corps, had so narrow an escape from being shot, and h
August 25th, 1864 AD (search for this): chapter 170
No. 163. reports of Col. George P. Este, Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, commanding Third brigade. Hdqrs. Third Brig., Third Div., 14TH Army Corps, Camp near Atlanta, Ga., August 25, 1864. Major: I have the honor to transmit the following report of the operations of the Third Brigade during the present campaign up to the morning of the 6th day of August: In pursuance of orders from my general commanding division, the troops composing the brigade, except the Eighteenth Kentucky Volunteeour lines during this period a great many deserters, the number of which cannot be accurately reported in consequence of a change of provost-marshal upon my staff, but, as near as can be determined, between 30 and 40. On the night of the 25th of August, 1864, the brigade was withdrawn from the enemy's front without loss and moved to the left of the First Division, which had previously moved around to the right and on the left of the Army of the Ohio. The day following the brigade again moved
22nd (search for this): chapter 170
the brigade crossed the Chattahoochee River, bivouacking on its south bank; the next morning moved to the south side of Nancy's Creek and remained for the day. On the 19th advanced and went into position onefourth of a mile south of Peach Tree Creek, and on the left of the division. During this and the succeeding day had severe skirmishing, and on the 21st drove the rebel pickets back to their main works, the Fourteenth Ohio, under command of Major Wilson, supporting the skirmishers. On the 22d the rebels abandoned their works early in the morning and fell back to Atlanta. The brigade moved forward in the direction of Atlanta and went into position one-half mile west of the railroad and about two miles from Atlanta, on the Turner's Ferry road, and on the left of the division. Remained in this position, subject a portion of the time to severe shelling, until August 3, when, being relieved by Colonel Coburn's brigade, of General Ward's division, Twentieth Army Corps, we moved southw
19th (search for this): chapter 170
nemy was found, and found, too, in uncomfortably strong numbers. That night they crossed the river, burning their boats and bridges behind them. Our losses from the 2d to the 9th of July, inclusive, were: Zzz During the evening the brigade enjoyed a much-needed rest on the north bank of the Chattahoochee. On the 17th the brigade crossed the Chattahoochee River, bivouacking on its south bank; the next morning moved to the south side of Nancy's Creek and remained for the day. On the 19th advanced and went into position onefourth of a mile south of Peach Tree Creek, and on the left of the division. During this and the succeeding day had severe skirmishing, and on the 21st drove the rebel pickets back to their main works, the Fourteenth Ohio, under command of Major Wilson, supporting the skirmishers. On the 22d the rebels abandoned their works early in the morning and fell back to Atlanta. The brigade moved forward in the direction of Atlanta and went into position one-half
September 1st (search for this): chapter 170
it the following statement of the operations of the brigade from August 6 to September 1: The brigade continued in its position near Utoy Creek, about four and aed in the flank movements of the army without engaging the enemy until the 1st of September. Respectfully submitted. Geo. P. Este, Colonel, Commanding. [Maj. Jade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps, in the action near Jonesborough, September 1: About noon of that day the brigade broke up its encampment, and moving . The brigade is in the division formerly commanded by General Bate, but on September 1, by General Brown. In front of the Tenth Kentucky and Seventy-fourth Indianave again and again given the highest proofs of courage and heroism. But on September 1 it was the terrible yet happy fortune of the Third Brigade to meet the enemye to who captured the Eighth and Nineteenth Arkansas Battery in the fight of September 1, I desire to submit the following statement: I was, when the line was formed
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