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

latter place entered upon a month cam
paign against Forests cavalry, in mid
winter, without tents or camp cqulpage
OF any kind and for the most part OF the
time without rations, excepting such as
the country afforded But the Twenty
seventh was a good lorager when the eX-
igencies of the case required it; the men
! combined business with pleasure, in de
taching from the pieces the long sword
bayonets and throwing them with fatal
effect at every hog within range; the hog
received the blade point first as rule in
which case "the subsequent proceedings
interested him no more The defiant
air and pompous strut of the turkey COB
bier were alike impotent to save him o.
his family; no barnyard fowl could run or
fly fast enough to escape, nor any roost
so high as to be secure the men-like the
boy after the ground hog-'e0ere out Of
n1eatt Every elevation in garden, CIV
ing promise of buried eatabe treasures.
was leveled as if by magic, and candor
compels me to add that the cooking uten
sils borrowed on that march have not to
this day been returned The men never
had business that way again, but constant
occupation elsewhere, or doubtless they
would have returned the skillets and
frying pans.
On December 81, 1862. the rebel cavalry
were overtaken at Parker's X Roads, en-
gagged and defeated The regiment bore
prominent part in this action and the
future movements which resulted in
driving the rebel force across the Tennes
see river at Clifton, returning thence to
} Corinth. This campaign involved more
hardship and suffering than any OF the
same duration made by the regiment
during its service.
In May, the Twenty seventh moved to
| Memphis, marched from thence, in Octo-
Der and November, through Corinth,
Iuka and Eastport to Elk River, at the
crossing of the Nashville and Decatur
Railway; remained there during the win
: ter Of 1864, excepting for the time on
veteran furlough in Ohio) engaged in
repairing the railway and in building a
boat bridge across the river.
} In March the Ohio Brigade commanded
) by General Fuller, crossed the Tennessee
in boats, captured and held Decatur. Ala
bama, till May l, 1864, when the brigade
+ began its march to Chattanooga to partic
t ipate in
! THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
On May 9th, was in the advance o
t General McPherson'5 army, in passing
e through Snake Creek Gap, in the frs
= movement on Resacca-then in the real
: OF the main rebel army. Later the mos
y Of the Union army came through this
gap-the enemy falling back on Resacca
The regiment skirmished at Resacct
a and fought at Dallas and Kenesaw Noun
e tain At Dallas Captain Green wa
wounded, and Captain Sawyer and Lieut.
Debolt each met a soldiers death in bat
, tie, and at Kenesaw Captain Hamilton
u and Lieutenant Day were slain in action
u The Twenty seventh was repeated,
d under fire at these points. In fact bein
~ under fire., in the Atlanta campaign
was the normal condition. When tn
enemy was found after any OF his retreats
his lines had to be developed and hi
{. force driven into the smallest space h
could be persuaded would answer hi
o purpose. Our skirmish line was habit
k ually pushed aggressively to the from
.. being constantly engaged with that G
the enemy, without cessation day 0
e night. Not many hours passed, durin
l. nearly four months, in which any soldie
l. could fatter himself he was out of tn
y possible range of shell or ball
On the 4th of July, 1864 the Twenty
seventh and Thirty ninth Regiments di
the last fighting by our troops in tha
h campaign, north of the Chattah ooch
lr river. in a charge at Nickajack creek
i The scattering forces OF the enemy ha
It skirmIshers into his outer lines of work!
t. in front of which for one hundred an
IS fifty yards, the large timber had bee
b. trimmed up from below and the smaI
| growth feiled, with the tops towards u
n giving the enemy all unobstructed vie
OF all movements undertaken against hir
n for that range, and rendering the al
lr proach on the works very difficult, espe
n cially when attempted under wtherin
ii fire, delivered from the sure position a
e. iorded by earthworks, capped with log
r raised just enough above the work t
20 permit the insertion OF the guns between
b, These were. the conditions in front Of tn
Twenty seventh on that day. About moo
k the Twenty and Thirty mint
1t Regiments, the latter commanded b
le Colonel Noyes (now Minister to France
n were ordered to crawl up under cover
n the standing timber to the edge of til
abattis, and form line to charge til
b works From that hour until six in tn
b, evening these regiments remained in pt
s. sition, in suspense, the order having bee
e; given several times to make the assault
IN and often countermanded before
a. could be executed. Finally, at six P
e. the charge was made, and the positio
at carried at the point of the bayonet NJ
to piece was fired by the assaulJing colum
le fleeing enemy. From sixty 20 sevent
Sc prisoners were taken in the trench !
the Twenty sevenths front. The lin
st was carried in n pocket or retired par
N rendering the whole work untenable /
u the right aud left, and it was wholly "
"a Gated: Two regiments of the ID DivIsio
in of the 10Th Corps were to have made
%, demonstration on the right of the char;
ing column, Simultaneous with til
charging column, but for some reaso
best known to themselves failed to com
"a TO time. After the works in their fror
Sc were vacated, this intended supportin
r force came out of the woods with a vel
l. and carried the empty works in the
TO front with great gallantry CD In tn
10 charge Colonel Noyes lost his leg, an
"a the Twenty-seventh, in killed an
D. wounded, in less than two minutes, fort,
ar Two men and officers. The night til
T.. enemy evacuated his position in front {
W our army.
"a The regiment afterward crossed tn
"a Chattahoochee river at Roswell, an
IL moved through Decatur on Atlanta O
N the 22d July it was lying in reserv.
IS with the brigade, behind General Gile
n A. Smiths Division of the I7th Corps
which occupied the extreme left Of tn
b fortified line; the ID Division. in reserv
n also and cur brigade, both Of the 16t
d. Corps, had orders to be ready to move &
d II 81 into position on the LETT o. Giles 4
re Smith Division, prOlonging the mai
C fortified line overlook Ing Atlanta
he But General Hood meantime ha
y planned an engagement for US elsewher
and emrlOyment for the entire ArnlV {