The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1878-10-10


taking deliberate aim, discharged their
pieces. No orders could keep then down,
with such an opportunity to use their
muskets effectively. In less time than it
takes to relate it, both regiments were on
their feet, dischargipg their pieces with
rapidity and telling effect on the foe, yet
on he came until the Twenty seventh
! and Thirty ninth charged him in turn
driving him from the field into the wood.
On the dividing line between the wood
and the field, was a marshy ravine grown
up with brush and briars in passing
which the line of the Twenty seventh
became broken. | halted the first part
OF it to get through, intending to reform
ii and continue the pursuit Of the enemy,
who had just disappeared from view over
q little elevation, at the foot Of which
the Twenty seventh then was Before
this could be done another body Of the
enemy, in line Of battle, came out Of the
wood to the right of the Twenty-seventh,
bearing down on its flank and rear Gen.
Fuller directed that the three right com
panies Of the regiment be refused or re
tired to face this second assault. This
was done, but it soon became evident
that a change of front to the rear Of the
entire line was necessary. This change
was made under hot fire. In executing
this movement, necessarily made with
celebrity and under very trying condi-
tions--in the face Of q defiant and rapidly
advancing foe-the regiment became
somewhat dsordered and my thanks are
due to General Fuller for his timely
assistance in forming the new line. He
grasped the colors of the Twenty, seventh,
and with them designated the ground he
wished the new line to occupy. The line
was promptly formed there Several vol
leys fired by the Twenty-seventh and
Thirty ninth Ohio Regiments, Eighteenth
Missouri and Sixty fourth Illinois, (the
latter TWO regiments until then in re-
serve followed by a charge drove the
enemy again from the field. The Twenty
seventh then laid down, facing the wood
which was on its right flank at the COM
mencement of the fight, under ralling
fire from the timber for an hour or more,
when the enemy retreated and the battle
was over.
In this action the Twenty Seventh was
engaged about four hours formed its
first line and made all subsequent move
ments under fre-fought a stand up,
) open field fight, with only such protec
ton as the muskets and bayonets afford
ed with its right flank uncovered-and
the Regiment subjected in every position
to. front and enfilading fire
The Twenty Seventh numbered in this
battle not exceeding $50 and sustained
a loss of $780, men and officers, killed and
+ wounded.
Five days after this battle, the Regi
5 ment moved with the Army of the Ten
nessee, to the west side of Atlanta, anC
A had heavy sl<irmishing to get into posi-
: ton. just before the battle of Ezra
5 Church began on the 28th of July, the
]. Twenty-Seventh got into position and be
+ gun fortifying its line, completing it whil'
4 the battle was in progress very near t.
l. its right
The Regiment remained here, partici
g pating in pushing the line to the front
i till August 7th, 1864 when it was ordereC
e back to Marietta to relieve larger Regi
; ment, the latter taking its place at tn
S front. The Regiment remained at Mar
e eta till the fall of Atlanta Its tota
s losses in killed and wounded, during tn
T. Atlanta campaign were two hundred ant
{, sixteen-ffteen officers and two hundred
II and one men-about one half the strengtl
II of the Regiment when it entered upo
g the campaign. OF the 10 field and lin
T officers who commenced the campai u
e with the Regiment II were either kille
or wounded The losses in battle wit
= those sent to the rear on account of sick
q ness, left the Twenty Seventh numberiu
L less than two hundred muskets presen
e for duty at the close of the campaign.
& After the fail of Atlanta, the Regimen
q was engaged in the pursuit OF Hood t
II the north, returning to Atlanta, share
5, in the
q MARCH TO THE SEA,
u u And the campaign Of the Carolinas; bein
u under fire for the last time at BentonviH
> North Carolina.
" Tho Tyventv Savapth thap nooUad tn p,
Il Richmond to Washington, participate
: in the Grand Review at the latter place
moved thence to Louisville, Kentucky
: where it was mustered out July II, 1856;
and subsequently paid and discharged q
= Camp Dennison.
- Ohio sent many good Regiments to tn
= war, and | would not make invidiou
=, comparisons, nor detract from the merit
Il u of any, yet it is believed that the Stat
Il Il sent to the field 10 braver and more eff
y cient Regiment than the Twenty Seyent
= Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 1t did NOR
u hard campaigning than fell to the lot {
- many Ohio Regiments, and it is though
. very few sustained more casualties
o battle.
= The heroic dead of the Twenty Sevent
u lie scattered from beyond the Mississippi
- to the Atlantic Some rest in the pra
- les OF Missouri, some under the tall oak
- of Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama
- Others repose under the lofty pines {
~ Georgia, the nightly wind through tn
- boughs above making a weird requier
&c over their lowlY beds, and few rest /
y the Palmetto and Old North States
- - Let us hope that it may never agai
= become necessary for any portion of tn
- people of this country to make such price
- less sacrifices as these for the unity an
. perpetuity of the Great Republic!
a ~ =
O. The worst beaten Congressional car
"a didate is CIerrv Mander