. The mountain campaigns in Georgia : or, War scenes on the W. & A . eburne. On the 15th of June, the Confederates abandoned Pine Mountain; and, on the i6th,the Federals, having secured possession of some higli ground from which their artillery WAR SCENES ON THE IV. & A. 53 was able to enfilade a good portion of Hardees line, and also to sweep the road fromGilgal Church to Marietta, for some distance, it was found necessary to evacuate LostMountain also. They accordingly fell back to a position on the high grounds east of Mud Creek, aboutone mile west of the western end of Kennesaw Mountain, f
. The mountain campaigns in Georgia : or, War scenes on the W. & A . eburne. On the 15th of June, the Confederates abandoned Pine Mountain; and, on the i6th,the Federals, having secured possession of some higli ground from which their artillery WAR SCENES ON THE IV. & A. 53 was able to enfilade a good portion of Hardees line, and also to sweep the road fromGilgal Church to Marietta, for some distance, it was found necessary to evacuate LostMountain also. They accordingly fell back to a position on the high grounds east of Mud Creek, aboutone mile west of the western end of Kennesaw Mountain, facing to the west. Theirextreme left occupied the crest of a steep cliff, on which General Hardee had plantedsome batteries which commanded the deep, wide valley in their front, across the creek. Finding, however, that a portion of their line was exposed to an enfilading fire fromthe Federal batteries on the opposite hills, and, the Federal right having been extendedtill it turned Hardees flank, the Confederates, after obstinate fighting during the i8th, in ^^. THE RIFLE-PITS BEFORE , 1S64. which Woods and Newtons divisions of Howards corps captured and held a portion oftheir outer works, retired to another position, which included the crest of KennesawMountain, thence running to its western end, and, from this, southward some three Johnston says of this movement: Another position, including the crest of Kennesaw, was chosen on the 17th, and prepared foroccupation under the direction of Colonel Prestman. The troops were placed on this line on the 54 MOUNTAIN CAMPAIGNS IN GEORGIA. 19th: Hoods corps massed between the railroad and that from Marietta to Canton; Lorings, witha division (his own, commanded by Featherston) between the railroad and eastern base of themountain; and Walthalls and Frenchs along the crest of the short ridge — Frenchs left reachingits southwestern base, and Hardees from Frenchs left almost due south across the Lost Mountainand
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