. The mountain campaigns in Georgia . lunui foughtup the face of the lesser Kennesaw. but could not reach the summit. About a mile to the right(just below the 1 )allas Road) Thomass assaulting colunni reached the parapet, where Brigadier-General Harker was shot ilown, mortally wounded, and Brigadier-Cieneral McCook (my old lawpartner) was desperately wounded, from the effects of which he afterwards died. liv theassault was in fart over, and had failed. We had not broken the rebel line at either point, but ourassaulting columns held their ground within a few yards of the rebel trenches, a
. The mountain campaigns in Georgia . lunui foughtup the face of the lesser Kennesaw. but could not reach the summit. About a mile to the right(just below the 1 )allas Road) Thomass assaulting colunni reached the parapet, where Brigadier-General Harker was shot ilown, mortally wounded, and Brigadier-Cieneral McCook (my old lawpartner) was desperately wounded, from the effects of which he afterwards died. liv theassault was in fart over, and had failed. We had not broken the rebel line at either point, but ourassaulting columns held their ground within a few yards of the rebel trenches, and there coveredthemselves with piarapet.—( J\lK,)iKS, Vol. H., pages 60, 61.) It would be hard to attempt to go into details of this masterl_\- combat without beingbetra)ed into a requisition for \er_\- much more space than this little publication will admit. The attempt upmi the Confederate right, which 1 ly east of Kennesaw Mountain,runidng across the Western & Atlantic Railroad, and n(n-th of the present station,. MATTHEViS. HC-FiII
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