. . 546 A REBEL W< \ OF STRATI [June, One day we witnessed a novel spectacle. A brigadeWoods division was ordered to carry and hold a ridge in itsfront. Before starting, each man shouldered a rail or a piece oitimber. Then, advancing rapidly, they occupied the ridgeand within two minutes were lying snugly behind a breathe materials for which they had carried with them. It was a rare thing in those d; see a woman. There was one who lived in a hut half a mile in rear of our line, and she had stuck to it throughthick and thin. Now an
. . 546 A REBEL W< \ OF STRATI [June, One day we witnessed a novel spectacle. A brigadeWoods division was ordered to carry and hold a ridge in itsfront. Before starting, each man shouldered a rail or a piece oitimber. Then, advancing rapidly, they occupied the ridgeand within two minutes were lying snugly behind a breathe materials for which they had carried with them. It was a rare thing in those d; see a woman. There was one who lived in a hut half a mile in rear of our line, and she had stuck to it throughthick and thin. Now andthen, when matters weremore quiet than usual, shewould venture up to thefront. Vou-all dont fightfar, she said one dWhen we-uns gets goodworks built, you wont letour men use em. Vonthrows up works right infront and makes beliyous gwine to fight thar,and then Mister Shermansends one of his compniesround to fight us on thecendr On the 22nd, while su-perintending the work ofan intrenching party, Cap-tain Samuel M. Wolff, of. GEORGE W. WILLIACOMPANY E, SIXTY-FOURTH. the Sixty-fourth, was severely injured by a falling tree. Itime it was feared that he was fatally hurt, but he was able in afew days to return to duty. About noon on the 23rd Generals Thomas, Howard andNewton rode along our lines. They paused now and then to re-connoiter, and we instinctively knew that something was brewing. Soon we were ordered to support the skirmishers. These,along the whole front of Newtons division, were directed to be 1864.] THE ASSAULT AT KENNESAW. 547 ly to advance and occupy high ground some two hundredyards in front. At four oclock a signal gun was tired, and atonce forty Union cannon belched forth shot and shell. The bom-bardment was continued for an hour, when it ceased and the skir-mishers were ordered forward. The rebels made stout resistance,but they were forced to give way and the desired positiongained and held. Colonel Bartleson, of the One Hundredth Illi-nois, in our division, was ki
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