. The mountain campaigns in Georgia : or, War scenes on the W. & A . ound and the forest were torn up by musket balls, grapeand canister, solid shot, and exploding bombs. From Frenchs batteries on the crest ofKennesaw, also, a furious bombardment was directed upon them. So continuous andrapid was this that the mountain seemed literally on fire ; and the murky clouds of smoke,enveloping its summit, and rising majestically toward the heavens, combined with thetumultuous roar from their midst, presented, in terrific grandeur, the veritable appearanceof a volcanic eruption ; while the air, above a
. The mountain campaigns in Georgia : or, War scenes on the W. & A . ound and the forest were torn up by musket balls, grapeand canister, solid shot, and exploding bombs. From Frenchs batteries on the crest ofKennesaw, also, a furious bombardment was directed upon them. So continuous andrapid was this that the mountain seemed literally on fire ; and the murky clouds of smoke,enveloping its summit, and rising majestically toward the heavens, combined with thetumultuous roar from their midst, presented, in terrific grandeur, the veritable appearanceof a volcanic eruption ; while the air, above and around the assaulting columns, was obscuredby the puffs of smoke from the bursting shells, which hurled their fragments in a thousanddirections among the Federal ranks, or, screaming through the forest, tore whole trees topieces, scattering the branches with swaths of destruction on every side. The Federal troops, dreadfully scourged, lay down upon the ground, within range ofthe murderous musketry fire of their enemy, and sought all the shelter possible, in the. /^TaV(,is ^f^.^.^ Gen-Cuinmand THE BATTLE OF KENNESAW ^. THE DEAD ANGLE, ^ . JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, On the line of th. Western & Atlannc R. R. near , 7- ■*-■ From a Picture Drawn bv a Confederate Participant. called this point the Dead AnKle. because of the frreat number of the Federaldead who fell immediately before it. They come like the tornados dash,Which terror spreads, and woe, But quickly, ah \ on them doth flashThe lightning of our blow They come, ten thousand strong and lithe, They fall like wheat before the scythe. l\ 64 MOUNTAIN CAMPAIGNS IN GEORGIA. meantime pouring back volley after volley in return ; and finally intrenched themselvesbeneath this fearful tempest—it being safer to remain than to flee. Once, under General Harkers leadership, they attempted to renew the assault; but,almost at the very parapet, Harker fell, mortally wounded, and the whole line was sweptba
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