. Trials and triumphs : the record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry . William NegeleCorporal, Company H. Enoch B. WatsonCompany H i864] CAMPAIGNING WITH SHERMAN IN GEORGIA 153 was daring and persistent. As night came on a heavy rain fell andthe darkness was intense. Supperless, the brigade held its positiontill midnight brought relief and a bivouac in rear of the line. Onthe 26th and 27th the lines were adjusted and two strong lines ofbreastworks were made. The brigade was placed in the front lineon the 28th, where constant work upon the breastworks and per-sistent deadly skirmishing
. Trials and triumphs : the record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry . William NegeleCorporal, Company H. Enoch B. WatsonCompany H i864] CAMPAIGNING WITH SHERMAN IN GEORGIA 153 was daring and persistent. As night came on a heavy rain fell andthe darkness was intense. Supperless, the brigade held its positiontill midnight brought relief and a bivouac in rear of the line. Onthe 26th and 27th the lines were adjusted and two strong lines ofbreastworks were made. The brigade was placed in the front lineon the 28th, where constant work upon the breastworks and per-sistent deadly skirmishing ensued. The lines of both armies wereadvanced so near to each other that the pickets could not be advanced,and many men were killed and wounded daily in the Army of the Tennessee had approached Dallas from the westand was separated from the Army of the Cumberland by a gap ofabout three miles, which was defended by a division of the Four-teenth Corps, placed a little in the rear of the line. General Mc-Pherson made repeated attempts to move to the left, but GeneralJohnston was very aggressive,
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