. The volunteer soldier of America . ent wascertainly oi ; of the most remarkable of any made during the v>ar, not except-ing those made by officers graduated from West Point. Worn by anxietyresulting from the responsibility of the command so suddenly davolved uponhim during the battle of the 22d, and wearied by the labor of the night move-ment above related in face of the enemy, General Logan was informed on themorning of the 27th, at the White House, where General Sherman was quar-tered, that General O. O. Howard had been appointed to the command of theArmy of the Tennessee. It is needles
. The volunteer soldier of America . ent wascertainly oi ; of the most remarkable of any made during the v>ar, not except-ing those made by officers graduated from West Point. Worn by anxietyresulting from the responsibility of the command so suddenly davolved uponhim during the battle of the 22d, and wearied by the labor of the night move-ment above related in face of the enemy, General Logan was informed on themorning of the 27th, at the White House, where General Sherman was quar-tered, that General O. O. Howard had been appointed to the command of theArmy of the Tennessee. It is needless to say that the announcement of GeneralHowards assignment was not enthusiastically received, though the army, proba-bly, had no personal objection to him. Without a word General Logan resumedcommand of his old corps (the Fifteenth), and during the 27th he went into posi-tion on the right of the line, General Blair of the Seventeenth Corps being onhis left, while General Dodge, of the Sixteenth, was upon the left flank.—C. A. jt-^S^^^**^ -^^ The Second Battle cf Atlanta. THE SECOND BA TTLE OF A TLANTA. 691 The Second Battle of Atlanta, Rain poured in torrents as the army took up its position uponthat day, and it was late in the evening before the troops were alldeployed. Again the Army of the Tennessee was, by its rightflank, in air. The enemy was again discovered late in the dayupon that flank, and as the Army of the Tennessee could not reachso as to secure a position not easily turned. General Shermanordered General Jeff. C. Davis with his division to move at onceto support the right flank. The morning of the 28th found the Army of the Tennesseeagain confronting the enemy. Hardly had the Fifteenth Corpsthrown up their earth-works, with logs and rails covering thefront, when Hood came at us again. By eleven oclock the fight-ing became general along the entire line, and then there occurredanother desperate battle in which my brave Fifteenth Corps wasexclusively engaged,
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