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Title: The history of Fuller's Ohio brigade, 1861-1865; its great march, with roster, portraits, battle maps and biographies
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Smith, Charles H., 1837-
Subjects: Fuller's Ohio brigade United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories
Publisher: Cleveland (Press of A. J. Watt)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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right, left and in the rear cheered with them. Itseemed but a few minutes before the charging column was out of the woods.across the open fields, and were swarming over the enemys earthworkswhich were captured and held, together with a regiment of North Caro-lina and Georgia troops, and with a great shout of triumph, our menraised the old Hag over their conquest. The rest of the enemy fled, severalwere bayonetted in the fight at the works. Among those captured weretwo officers who said that they thought that the whole Yankee Army \va>coming at them. Both the enemy and our own troops heard the buglesound at the same time, and the enemy being prepared, poured upon thecharging column, heavy volleys of musketry fire. Their bullets struck theground and cut the trees everywhere. Mir loss in killed and wounded inthis engagement was over one hundred and forty men in the two regiment?.The Thirty-ninth Ohio lost it- brave Colonel, E. F. Noyes, whose woundcaused the amputation i if hi- lesr.
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160 Fullers Ohio Brigade. General Sprague said that the charge was the wedge that cleaned outthe rehel works for a distance of six miles. Generals Fuller, McPherson,and Dodge announced that it was one of the most brilliant, bold and des-perate charges they had ever witnessed. Johnstons rehel army retreatedto the Chattahootchee River ami crossed over that night. To the survivors who fought this fight to the finish, it was a momen-tous affair. They lost some of their best and bravest men who had servedwith them three years. One of the most sorrowful results of this battlewas the death of three comrades, mess mates, members of Company G, ofthe Twenty-seventh Ohio, who fell, killed apparently by one bullet, pass-ing though their necks. The men were Sergeant William I!. Atwell. andCorporals Andrew J. McFarran and William Jaynes. Private 11. C.Evans was wounded in this charge. This Smyrna line of earthworks wasthe only line carried by a charge during the Atlanta Campaign. On July 5th, a mar

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