The National tribune., 1901-05-16

titANh was ASPsiiANh up " IhS dNN 0iNS Va
Sherman's army.
One of the engineers now concluded to
come up to the front and greet the enemy.
We heard the engine coming, and the noise
1t made while running over the rough
track was pleasant music. The engine
came laundering on, and at last came to
a stop close to the enemy. There it be-
gan to toOt a saucy defiance to the rebels
on kenesaw III a succession of long and
short toots.
The enemy on towering KeneSaw
thought to silence the believing of that
iron horse by turning battery loose upon
it. But the engineer stood his ground and
responded TO the enemy's ire by a sue
CeSsiOn of little tOOts and big tOOts,
straight tOotS and crooked toOtS, until the
country around us rang with the echo
This caused q good bit of merriment, as
the footing of the engine spread like con-
tagion to all parts of the line, from which
there rolled and re-echOed an accompani-
ment of all kinds of Union tOots, cheers,
and yells until the enemy became dis
gusted and kept quiet.
June 10 furious cannOnading took place
all along the lines, during which Gen.
Polk Of the rebel army, was killed.
During the firing of the artillery we
would get a little too enthusiastic for our
own good and expose ourselves above our
works, watching the result of an artillery
duel, when MIR. Reb would observe us and
seLlu d SOliu SIlOl our way III
stead of at the battery with which they
were engaged. OF course, we needed no
second admonition to get down into the
ITeE,u.
Our line of works lay paraliei 10 :. "a. sc
Held, on the opposite side of which the
enemy were strongly intrenched. To the
left of our regiment was cluster of young
trees and blackberry bushes, at which
point the lines of the blue and the gray
were only short distance apart Here
it was our regiment met with its first loss
on the Atlanta campaign.
In the early part of the day, June 10,
our pickets opened fire upon the pickets
opposed to us. The enemy responded,
when a warm engagement took place, re-
sulting in number of our regiment being
killed or wounded. The Clippinger broth
ers, of Co. X, were among the killed.
Meantime Kilpatrick's cavalry, on our
left, made a charge and crushed the en-
emy's right, intrenched on MONDAY
Greek, which caused them to evacuate the
works in our front and establish new
line. Therefore our next move was to fol-
lew them up and construct new line of
earthworks. As usual, we were forced to
do our digging under the cover of night
The ground being soft and the digging
easy, we soon had another line of works
completed.
June II Capt. Poe, picket officer on the
staff of Brig.-Gen. K. l.. Scott, in COM
mand of a heavy detail, advanced across
the field in our front, to the attack of a
rebel picket post near the edge of the tim
Der opposite. The men cleared our front
with bound, and soon disappeared from
sight IN rank growth of wild grass on
the low intervening space.
Capt. Poe and his noble command soon
reached the opposite side of the field and
entered the thicket with a mad rush. The
surprised Johnnies beat hasty retreat,
and then occurred a footrace, with those
rebels just little ways in the lead. We
from our side of the field could see the
race, and we cheered our comrades to re-
newed exertions. But oh, the pleasures
OF following in pursuit were brought to a
sudden close by our boys humping up
against a heavy line of the enemy, who
opened fire upon them at short range.
The boys succeeded in getting out of this
tight place with a few slight wounds, as
the enemy fired too high to do them Sc
rious injury. Capt. Poe, however, while
engaged in accommodating the enemy's po-
sition, was taken prisoner.
The night of June Is the enemy aban-
doned his line of works along our 'front.'
and retired to the frowning defenses of
henesaw. Early Sunday, June 10, the
bugles sounded forward" and soon after
We were in motion. We moved about two
miles, meeting with no opposition from
the enemy, and about noon went into po-
sitiOn On Brush Mountain. Here we found
an immense line of earthworks which the
enemy had abandoned the previous even
ing.
Brush Mountain was about one mile
northeast of Kenesaw. a deep valley sep
arated it from the latter, and along this
valley was the railroad running south
ward TO Atlanta. The country around us
was one vast fort, and as we pressed the
enemy back from one position, they had
another all ready for us.
Towering KeneSaw, an elevation Of
about 200 feet, frowned down upon us
and threatened US with total annihila-
tion. But il was only a question of time
when our noble Sherman would execute
another flank movement, and Kenesaw
would pass into history.
ADVANCING ON THE ENEMY.
Late in the evening of June q we re-
ceiyed orders to be ready to march at
O'Clock next morning. The appointed hour
found US in motion and silently moving
of to the left. We moved about one mile,
and came to a halt directly in front of a
heavy line Of earthwOrks that fairly
bristied with guns. just at that time
came an order for us to ''lie down" Down
we went, feeling thankful that the com
mand TO lie down came to us at such an
opportune moment, when the little leaden
messengers Of death were singing the lu-
laby of eternity around us. Heavy skir-
mishing continued through the whole day,
our regiment suffering a loss of two
killed.
The following morning Gen. Leggett,
under instructions from Gen. Mcpherson,
made reconnaissance with the Third Di-
vision some distance to the left. We made
wide detour and moved 10 a point nearly
east of the city of Marietta, and I'D to
within about 800 yards of a heavy line
of the enemy's works. The works were
opened upon by battery Of artillery, but
drew forth no response.
Dispositions were now being made to
move upon the works, when we were sur
prised to hear a long, scattering fire in
our rear, which soon developed into the
roar of battle. We were now ordered TO
"about-faee," and started OFF on the dou-
ble-quick through tangled brush and over
logs in the direction OF the sound Of bat
tie, the cause Of which was soon made
known to us.
A, command Of Kilpatrick's cavalry
having been ordered forward to cover
Gen. Leggett's left had been fiercely as
saulted. Our brave troopers, however,
WiihstoOd the onset and in turn fell like
thunderbolt upon the enemy. sending
his broken and bleeding columns reelipg
backward into their intrenchments, and as
they were too powerful to attack with our
small force, we returned to our position
on Brush Mountain
This was only one OF the many demon
strations made on different parts of the
line, while a more important move was
being made elsewhere.
The few days spent on Brush Noun
mt Al IL Il