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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1864., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: July 4, 1864., [Electronic resource], From Georgia — the battle of Kennesaw Mountain. (search)
n the 22d, which will be read with interest. A correspondent of the Atlanta Intelligencer, writing from the front June 23d, thus describes the engagement: On yesterday morning the enemy held possession of a ridge on the Powder Spring road, which commanded the country around for some distance, and which was deemed desirable for our army. Our cavalry held possession of it previously, but on the approach of the Yankees fell back and abandoned the important position. Accordingly, Major Gen Stevenson was ordered in the evening to attack and carry the ridge by storm. It was not supposed that the enemy had fortified himself in so short a space of time, and an easy success was anticipated. The necessary orders having been given, Stevenson's division moved forward in two lines of battle, as follows: Brown's brigade of Tennessean on the right, with Cumming's brigade of Georgians on the left, were moved forward in advanced front, while Reynold's North Carolinian and Virginians sup