. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . us. TheThirty-seventh intrenched itself in strong F went on the picket at night, and one of our bat-teries threw fuse shells over them into the enemys lines. They, Co. F, would haveenjoyed the sight more ifthe shells had gone far-ther above them. Theforenoon of the 23d wit-nessed heavy skirmishing,and some artillery shell of the enemystruck our works in frontof Co. H. The EleventhIndiana battery shelledAtlanta in the good v
. History of the Thirty-seventh regiment of Indiana infantry volunteers; its organization, campaigns, and battles--Sept. '61-Oct. '64 . us. TheThirty-seventh intrenched itself in strong F went on the picket at night, and one of our bat-teries threw fuse shells over them into the enemys lines. They, Co. F, would haveenjoyed the sight more ifthe shells had gone far-ther above them. Theforenoon of the 23d wit-nessed heavy skirmishing,and some artillery shell of the enemystruck our works in frontof Co. H. The EleventhIndiana battery shelledAtlanta in the good view of the citycould be had from theposition of the Eleventh,and its firing was verydestructive to that portion of the city in the neighbor-hood of the round house. On that day the siege of Atlanta began. Theenemy was strongly intrenched. A direct assault on hisworks would have been madness. On the afternoon ofthe 24th we were informed that at a signal at 9 oclockthat night the pickets were to lire, ihe artillery was toopen up along the whole line, bugles were to be blown,and the army in the trenches were to shout as if starting. James Harper. Co. Ind. L20 HISTORY OK THE THIRTY-SEVENTH on a charge. At the appointed time the signal, sendingup sky rockets, was given, and the program carried out,and pandemonium reigned. The enemy respondedbriskly, but do harm was done. I never heard what theobject was. and suppose it was just to fool them. TheEleventh Indiana battery fired a shot into the city everyfive minutes during that whole night. The 25th and26th were passed in skirmishing and artillery army of the Tennessee passed behind us to ourright on the 27th. The army was being moved to theright and was threateningthe Macon railroad. Wesaw many old friends inthe Eighty-third some other Regi-ments. On the morningof the 28th the wagontrain of the army of theTennessee was Still pass-ing to the right. Aboutnoon that day our Bri-gade moved rapidly to
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