. The history of Fuller's Ohio brigade, 1861-1865; its great march, with roster, portraits, battle maps and biographies . heirforward movement. He fell in front of the firing line of the Twenty-seventhOhio, Company A. The two regiments now lay flat upon the ground,firing at the advancing enemy. At this moment. (ieneral Fuller seized theflag of the Twenty-seventh, raised it aloft, and the two regiments movedforward with a great shout and drove the enemy back in final defeat. The sash and gauntlets belonging to General McPherson were foundupon one of the enemys dead. When the skirmishers were re
. The history of Fuller's Ohio brigade, 1861-1865; its great march, with roster, portraits, battle maps and biographies . heirforward movement. He fell in front of the firing line of the Twenty-seventhOhio, Company A. The two regiments now lay flat upon the ground,firing at the advancing enemy. At this moment. (ieneral Fuller seized theflag of the Twenty-seventh, raised it aloft, and the two regiments movedforward with a great shout and drove the enemy back in final defeat. The sash and gauntlets belonging to General McPherson were foundupon one of the enemys dead. When the skirmishers were rejoining theirregiment at the beginning of the engagement, three of them fell flat to theground and the enemv ran over them. When the enemy retreated, tinUnion soldiers jumped up from the ground and rejoined the firing line. The work of Lairds Fourteenth Ohio Battery, stationed on the leftof Fullers Fourth Division was the greatest piece of artillery practice dur-ing the war. During the rebel charges, the guns of the Fourteenth Ohio were firingincessantlv. the men at the guns were stripped and in their shirt Fighting for Atlanta. 171 Twice the enemy drove the infantry back nearly to the muzzles of the gunsof the battery. They recoiled and fell hack from the destructive fire, withgreat gaps in their ranks. The Eighty-first Ohio men swarmed to the sup-port of the battery whose guns were then turned to the right, and acrossthe front of Fullers Division, at that time lying down on a rise of ground,just before they made their last charge. It was then that the FourteenthOhio Battery poured in one of the most destructive tires upon the enemy,that was ever seen on any battle field. Men were literally blown to piecesand their lines melted away. Although we were winning a victory, it washorrible to see men so slaughtered. No army ever before fought to a successful finish a battle against suchan overwhelming force. The enemys dead bodies covered the field wherethey were slain in
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