Connecticut western news., 1883-11-14
VOL. XIII.

if lightning had played over them, and the surface of the mill-race was covered with splinters, twigs and leaves.
 Fender and Ripley could not advance beyond the canal in force. They could not long maintain their lines where they were. The fire from the Federals searched every foot of ground, and every minute their lines were melting away. When the order was given to fall back, the artillery raked them again as they crossed the open ground, and when the men finally. reached cover, the loss of each regiment had become amaz- ing. For instance, the Forty-fourth Georgia, which numbered only about 700 men, lost 338 officers and men. Every field officer was killed, and of the ten captains and twenty lieutenants, only twelve remained. It was the same with the Third North Carolina and other regiments.
 AT FRAzER's FARM.
 At Frazier's Farm, during this same eventful week, Randall's battery of six pieces was on McClellan's right, and supported by the Fourth Pennsylvania. The front was an old field, devoid of shelter, and the battery was playing into the woods half a mile beyond. This battery so annoyed the Confederates that brigade was ordered to charge it. The Eleventh Alabama had the lead, and was to be closely supported by the other three regiments. Through some blunder the Alabamians, numbering about seven hundred and fifty, were per mitted to advance alone.
 They were seen as soon as they broke cover, and more than one hundred of them were killed by the artillery as they advanced across the field. The men were thrown into disorder one moment to be rallied the next, and, finally, with muskets at trail and caps swinging in the air, they made rush straight upon the guns. As they came near the Penn sylvanians rose up and delivered two or three volleys right into them. These were returned, and then the final rush was made. In minute wild mob was swirling round and round the guns bayonets drinking blood-clubbed mus kets felling men-the wounded stagger- ing up to clutch an enemy and pull him down.
 The guns were won. The Fourth was pushed slowly back, but as the cheers of the Alabamians drowned the noise of the battle to the right and left, the Seventh Pennsylvania came to the SUD- port of the Fourth. The fight which now took place was witnessed by at least two generals and half a dozen colonels, outside of the hundreds in the ranks. It was two regiments to one, but the Alabamians had won the guns and were determined to hold them. Not single company formed in line not an officer had command. Two thousand mad and infuriated men rushed at each other with murder in their hearts. No one asked for quarter no one gave it.
 At the end of twenty minutes the Pennsylvanians gave way, not overpow. cred by numbers but pressed back by such dare devil fighting as nobody had ever witnessed before. The guns had been taken, but there were no horses to draw them away. The captors were making arrangements to draw them away when there was rally on the part of the Federals. The smallness of the Confederate force suddenly became plain as the smoke lifted. and before a gun could be moved hot fire was opened from a whole brigade, followed by a charge. The Alabamians were picked up and hurled back in broken mass, and the last of them had not reached the woods before the guns were again playing upon them. The loss of the Confederate regiment was over 15O men, 100 of whom, including eight company commanders, died around the battery.
 THE REPULsE AT KENNEsAw.
 The day after the repulse of the Eff teenth Corps at Kennesaw Mountain the Fortieth and Fifty-seventh Indiana, Nnety-seventh and Twenty-sixth Ohio, Twenty-eigth Kentucky, and One hundreth Illinois regiments, each num- bering about 800 men, were selected to assault salient on ridge 300 yards in their front. The lines were formed in regimental divisions, and while the
 ront was only the width of two con- panies the depth was thirty lines of men in open order. It was in fact giant wedge of flesh and blood and steel which was to drive itself through the Confederate lines.
 AS the men stood in line their officers explained to them in low and earnest tones what was planned and what was hoped for. It was forlorn hope indeed Every man must have realized that there would be terrible loss of life even be fore the salient was reached, but eacl one seemed to nerve himself for wha was to come. During the twenty min utes' interval between forming and tn order to advance there was almost deat silence in the ranks. The men leane, upon their muskets and peered througl the forest in their front which hid tn Confederate position. and the support on the Hanks moved up and into position as if fearing that their footsteps woul
 disturb the dead of the day before.
 It was not positively known to th
 Federals that the salient was defende,
 by cannon. The hope that it was no | gave the men more spirit. as the lay o]