. . ery became engaged with the enemyabout nine oclock, and fora time the firing was verybrisk. To the veterans itwas ol d times c oni eagain,1 and they flew aboutwith nimble feet and readyhands in the discharge oftheir various duties, whilethe recruits, eager and am-bitious, had their first tasteof war. In the afternoon of thesth the center section wasordered to a point nearRocky Face ridge, where itwas warmly engaged withthe enemys artillery. Thesection rejoined the bat-tery and for four days theguns were brought into fre-quent u O
. . ery became engaged with the enemyabout nine oclock, and fora time the firing was verybrisk. To the veterans itwas ol d times c oni eagain,1 and they flew aboutwith nimble feet and readyhands in the discharge oftheir various duties, whilethe recruits, eager and am-bitious, had their first tasteof war. In the afternoon of thesth the center section wasordered to a point nearRocky Face ridge, where itwas warmly engaged withthe enemys artillery. Thesection rejoined the bat-tery and for four days theguns were brought into fre-quent u On the 13th there was a general forward movement, theConfederates having abandoned their position about Dalton andfallen back to Resara. The battery passed through Dalton andmarched some fourteen miles, when the enemy was found in front,and evidently in a righting frame of mind. The battery was astir very early on the morning of the armies were preparing for battle and there was the usualexcitement and confusion, as infantry and artillery were hurried. GEOKGS Wi SMKTTS,\1> LIEUTENANTj SIXTH 1864.] AT CI^OSB QUARTERS. 557 from one point to another. The battery marched here and therefor a distance of four or five miles, until the spot was reachedwhere its services were needed. It was directly in front of theenemys intrenchinent>. and about live hundred yards guns were at once ordered into position. Later in the day the battery was pushed up until it became apart of the skirmish line, and so close that the cannoneers werecompelled to lie on their backs on the ground and load in thatposition. To show a linger, seemingly, would draw the fire ofthe rebel sharpshooters. On this line the Seventeenth Kentuckyinfantry was the immediate support of the battery. One tall,lank Kentuekian, screening himself behind the bushy limb of atree, which had been felled to assist in making breastworks, stood•at full height, firing at the enemy, whose lines were
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