The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1892-12-07
WITH SHERMAN.
Another Chapter of the Peach Ire.
Creek Battle.

Gen. Ncwton's Division. of the Fourth
Corps, took hand in this battle. Comrade,
who have written before have sioubtless
de ,cribed things ms they saw them. and as
memory icprOduces but men in the lin,
had little chancs for observation. except in
their immediate front and ncishborhood
The firing had began little before noon, as
! remember it.
Newtuns Division crossed the creek on
the bridge near that rcdoubt spoken of by
the last comrade, We followed the roac
toward Atlanta. Our brigade was in th,
rear. and had only reached point about
quarter of mile from the bridge when the
ball opened.
Away to our right the roar OF battle wa,
tremendous. The smoke came rolling up as
though The woods were on fire. We were
not long in expectancy. Our brigades II
advance began firing fast and furious. Or
derlies came riding back in all haste. One
OF them stopped long enough to tell us that
the whole rebel army was bearing down up
on us; that he had been sent TO Gen. Thoma,
ior rcinforcements.
These brigades of ours came back down
the road in great disorder They were be
ing nanKed, tney said. ana this, too, on the
left. The rebel force was between them and
the creek. and seemed determined to gel
around and III possession of the bridge. The
creek along here was hardly fordable. the
water deep, and the banks of that kind OF
the Chinese wall.
between us and the creek. and in our rear
was an open field On the flats next the
creek was a cornheld. While cheering was
heard on our right, out of the woods on oui
lett came rebel column, company front,
on the double quick, en- route for the
bridge. Our brigade, hitherto in.
active, quickly changed front and
began by firing into this rebel column, and
what with our bullets and the grape and
canister from the small works spoken OF
near the bridge, We had the satisfaction OF
seeing this rebel column melt away before
the cOrntield was crossed. They went back
faster than they came out and over the
same route.
Ny company stood picket that night, with
the line along the edge of the woods and
reached the creek. At break Of day ths next
morning Sergeant and myself made re.
connoissance in our immediate front and
only n short distance in the woods We came
across substantial earthworks built some
what in the form of a fort. At the time OF
our visit there was no living soul in it,noth-
ing but u few surplus muskets, canteens,
cOb-pipes, etc. have always thought that
this storming or charging party came out OF
this fort and as part of the program of
Gen. Hood was to seize and hold the bridge
comrades have previously told us how they
Jared with our Fighting Joe Hooker"
Their project failed to connect.
We were told that Gen. Thomas and staB
actually manned these guns at the bridge,
which swept that cornfeld and checked
that charge. should really like to know
how this was Can any comrade tell? | re.
member seeing Gen. Hooker riding up to
our lines and saying; Boys, we have whip
ped them again."
think this the left end OF Peach Tree
Creek. am sure there were no other
troops bet ween US and said creek and IL
there had been no Gsttysburg Chickamsu-
-, Antietsm, or Shiloh this would have
been quite battls.-R. @. RrcE In National
Tribune.