. . unjust,and the Johnnies, artilleryand infantry, had the same ses to bear that we June 21st the bat-tery was in action nearlythe whole day. The left don, Lieutenant James,alone fired one hundred andninety-eight rounds. Sohot was the cannonade thatseveral times the rebels were driven from their riflepits. In the afternoon theUnion pickets advan< ■u pied the Confederateline of outposts, recon-structed them to face theother way, and greatlystrengthened them. Allthis was done while the ar- James milton thow tillery on both s
. . unjust,and the Johnnies, artilleryand infantry, had the same ses to bear that we June 21st the bat-tery was in action nearlythe whole day. The left don, Lieutenant James,alone fired one hundred andninety-eight rounds. Sohot was the cannonade thatseveral times the rebels were driven from their riflepits. In the afternoon theUnion pickets advan< ■u pied the Confederateline of outposts, recon-structed them to face theother way, and greatlystrengthened them. Allthis was done while the ar- James milton thow tillery on both sides * mv-foukth. firing over the heads of the pickets, and the rebel sharpshoowere keeping up a constant fusillade. The Sixth battery waspersonally complimented by General Howard for the excellentserving of its guns. The exercises on the next day were much the same—fre-quent exchanges with the rebel batteries and occasional periodsof heavy firing. Cannonading at distant points to the right andleft indicated activity all along the line. During that night a. REDUCED TO FOUR (U v [June, change of position by the infantry found the battery at the ex-treme left of the Fourth corps and at the right of the was more pounding on the 23rd- Directly in front ofKenuesaw the firing was particularly heavy. At three oclock inthe afternoon the left section retired from the line and movedthree-quarters of a mile to the right, followed soon afterward bythe other sections. At four oclock the battery, in conjunctionwith others, opened a tremendous fire, the purpose of which wasto cover an advance of the infantry. After twenty minutes ofrapid work the order was given to cease firing, and a heavy skir-mish line dashed forward in an attempt to dislodge the rebels fromtheir rifle-pits. The effort was unsuccessful, and after losingseverely the Union troops fell back to their former position. Un-til late in the evening the artillery of both armies was exceedinglyactive and noisy. F
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