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Decatur, Ga. (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
of General Fuller's command had changed front under fire with conspicuous bravery and steadiness, General Fuller having himself planted the colors of the 27th Ohio, to indicate the new line. Among the regiments engaged were the 27th, 39th, 43d, and 81st Ohio; the 7th, 9th, 12th, 50th, 52d, 57th, 64th, and 66th Illinois, and the 2d Iowa. The brigade (Martin's) from the Fifteenth Corps did not take part in the action, and was subsequently sent farther to the rear to assist in the defense of Decatur. What may be considered a separate action, although intended by Hood to be simultaneous, was the attack on the Fifteenth Corps, one division of which (General Morgan L. Smith's) was driven from its line. This took place about 3 o'clock, after the Sixteenth Corps' fighting was mainly over. It was a part of the attack from the Atlanta defenses made by Hood on both the Seventeenth and Fifteenth corps. When General Logan assumed command of the Army of the Tennessee he placed General Mor
Wheeling, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
d after delivering this order, I met General Dodge riding at full speed. As soon as he got The battle of Atlanta, July 22. from the Painting by James E. Taylor. Fuller's division (of the Sixteenth Corps) rallying to hold their ground after being forced back by the first charge of the Confederates in their flank attack. within hearing distance he called out to me, Go at once to General McPherson, on Blair's left, and tell him I need troops to cover my left. The enemy is flanking us. Wheeling my horse, I started back. As I went, the attack on Dodge's corps was in full force. Out in open ground, in full view as it was, I could not resist checking my horse for a moment to see the grand conflict. I remember yet how the sight of our banners advancing amid the smoke thrilled me as it gave them a new beauty, and the sound of our artillery, though it meant death to the foe, fell upon our ears as the assurance of safety to us and to our flag. General McPherson, from a point farthe
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
Hood's second sortie at Atlanta. by W. H. Chamberlin, Major, 81ST Ohio Volunteers. General Sherman's line lay east and north-east of Atlanta, with McPherson's Army of the Tennessee forming the extreme left, and extending some distance south of the Augusta railroad. General Logan's Fifteenth Corps, which joined the left of theAtlanta, with McPherson's Army of the Tennessee forming the extreme left, and extending some distance south of the Augusta railroad. General Logan's Fifteenth Corps, which joined the left of the Army of the Ohio, extended across the Augusta railroad, and General Blair's Seventeenth Corps extended the line southward, touching the McDonough road beyond what is now McPherson Avenue. The Sixteenth Corps, commanded by General Grenville M. Dodge, had been in reserve in rear of the Fifteenth Corps, north of the railroad, until Jlonel Churchill). General McPherson's admiration Battle of Atlanta, July 22--recapture from the Confederates of De Gress's Battery. I: the view is west toward Atlanta; the Confederates in capturing the Battery charged along the Georgia railroad from the rolling-mill [see map, p. 312], and took advantage of the cover of the rail
McDonough (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 5.41
g some distance south of the Augusta railroad. General Logan's Fifteenth Corps, which joined the left of the Army of the Ohio, extended across the Augusta railroad, and General Blair's Seventeenth Corps extended the line southward, touching the McDonough road beyond what is now McPherson Avenue. The Sixteenth Corps, commanded by General Grenville M. Dodge, had been in reserve in rear of the Fifteenth Corps, north of the railroad, until July 21st, when General Fuller's division was placed in thes the same day, and victorious on every one, forms the best and most honorable reward that you can take with you. So far very little has been said of the action of the Seventeenth Corps. These troops occupied the line from Bald Hill to the McDonough road, and were attacked in flank, front, and rear, though in the inverse order. The first attack was from. the rear, then upon the flank, and at last from. the front. Their line was bent back at right angles, hinging at Bald Hill, and the w
De Gress (search for this): chapter 5.41
lanta, July 22--recapture from the Confederates of De Gress's Battery. I: the view is west toward Atlanta; thlanta, July 22--recapture from the Confederates of De Gress's Battery. II: this picture, in two parts, is a rt Artillery) stationed near the railroad, and also De Gress's famous battery of four 20-pounder Parrotts, placecaptured all the guns of Battery H, 1st Illinois (De Gress's), and two of Battery A. He had but six regimentivision charging his front, the old line of works, De Gress's battery, and two guns of Battery A were recapturfire on the enemy, preventing them from taking off De Gress's battery of four 20-pounder Parrotts, of which thul, and in less than fifteen minutes I had retaken De Gress's battery and driven the enemy from their rifle-pieny's division of the Sixteenth Corps that re-took De Gress's battery that I was astonished, years afterward, run, deployed his brigade, charged and recaptured De Gress's battery and the line of works, having his horse
Giles A. Smith (search for this): chapter 5.41
tarted ahead of me in the direction of Blair's left. Of course I did not find him. In a very few minutes after leaving Colonel Strong the brave general was dead, while I, following, was forced to deflect to the right, and reached our line at Giles A. Smith's division, at the point known then as Bald Hill. While in the act of asking there for a brigade for General Dodge's left, I heard a terrific yelling toward the left and rear, and, looking around, I saw a full Confederate line rushing out of the dense timber within easy hailing distance. I perceived at once that no brigade could be spared from that position for General Dodge. General Smith's troops quickly jumped to the other side of their works, prepared to meet this rear attack. The mounted officers, myself included, found some difficulty in getting their horses over the works before the firing began. I then rode to General Harrow's division, next on the right, but he had no reserve troops to spare. Proceeding to General Mor
Edward Jonas (search for this): chapter 5.41
left on the railroad; but during the movement it left a space between its left and the railroad, owing to the slight divergence of the road., No other troops advanced before, with, or behind his line over the space covered by his brigade. He does not speak of any simultaneous movement on his left. Lieutenants Thomas H. Times and William Pitman, and privates John Quigley and William E. McCreary, of the 81st Ohio (Mersy's brigade), have written me in corroboration of General Adams. Captain Edward Jonas, of General Dodge's staff, has written to the same effect in a letter which I have read.--W. H. C. No doubt the peculiar circumstances mentioned already, of the change in commanders of General Morgan L. Smith's division, gave rise to misleading accounts concerning the recovery of this battery. Shortly after the line was retaken, General Lightburn's troops relieved Mersy's brigade, and it marched back to its own division. It should be remembered, in placing an estimate upon wh
Grenville M. Dodge (search for this): chapter 5.41
e. The Sixteenth Corps, commanded by General Grenville M. Dodge, had been in reserve in rear of the cked. This act afterward caused trouble. General Dodge was not a West Point graduate, and did not side, was one of the fiercest of the war. General Dodge's troops were inspired by his courageous p left. Perhaps no better disposition of General Dodge's corps could have been made, if the intenhe most direct line, and with no delay, to General Dodge's headquarters. He heard, in a few terse from General Dodge, how affairs stood there. Dodge's battle at Battle of Atlanta, July 22--recBrevet Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Jones, of General Dodge's staff, writes to the editors that, by direction of General Dodge, he conducted General August Mersy's brigade to the scene of the charge. yet told the whole story of the service of General Dodge's command that day. When night fell, the Cn such a condition as his command was; and General Dodge was ordered to send a brigade to Bald Hill[21 more...]
J. A. J. Lightburn (search for this): chapter 5.41
eneral Morgan L. Smith in command of the Fifteenth Corps, and General Lightburn succeeded to the command of Smith's division. This all happet in the Augusta railroad line, and driving back a portion of General Lightburn's troops and flanking the rest, the whole division, to use the language of General Lightburn's official report, broke in confusion to the rear. This left in the enemy's hands sections of an Illinois bar 20-pounder Parrotts, placed on the right of this division. General Lightburn's report is very brief. He simply says he checked the retreaured. Colonel Wells S. Jones, who succeeded to the command of Lightburn's brigade, after telling in his official report of the repulse off the battle, to find that the honor was assigned to others. General Lightburn and Colonel Wells S. Jones, in their reports, mention the Sixecovery of this battery. Shortly after the line was retaken, General Lightburn's troops relieved Mersy's brigade, and it marched back to its
Henry T. McDowell (search for this): chapter 5.41
closed up the gaps and preserved their alignments; but the iron and leaden hail that was poured upon them was too much for flesh and blood to stand, and before reaching the center of the open fields the columns were broken and thrown into great confusion. Taking advantage of this, a portion of Fuller's and Sweeny's divisions, with bayonets fixed, charged the enemy and drove them back to the woods, taking many prisoners. The 81st Ohio (Colonel Adams) charged first, then the 39th Ohio (Colonel McDowell) and the 27th Ohio (Colonel Churchill). General McPherson's admiration Battle of Atlanta, July 22--recapture from the Confederates of De Gress's Battery. I: the view is west toward Atlanta; the Confederates in capturing the Battery charged along the Georgia railroad from the rolling-mill [see map, p. 312], and took advantage of the cover of the railroad embankment and cut. for the steadiness and determined bravery of the Sixteenth Corps was unbounded. While I was riding to find
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