. The mountain campaigns in Georgia : or, War scenes on the W. & A . d in adispatch, wherein he said : We ought to have caught Johnston on his retreat, but he had prepared the way too was a sharp fight at the works at Ruffs, July 3d; and the 4th of July wascelebrated by quite a struggle at the intrenchments at Smyrna, in which the Federalswere repulsed. General Noyes of Ohio here lost his leg, and General Sherman says: I came very near being shot myself. The Federals, however, made a strong demonstra-tion against the line near the Chattahoochee; but, being met by a heavy fire, werec
. The mountain campaigns in Georgia : or, War scenes on the W. & A . d in adispatch, wherein he said : We ought to have caught Johnston on his retreat, but he had prepared the way too was a sharp fight at the works at Ruffs, July 3d; and the 4th of July wascelebrated by quite a struggle at the intrenchments at Smyrna, in which the Federalswere repulsed. General Noyes of Ohio here lost his leg, and General Sherman says: I came very near being shot myself. The Federals, however, made a strong demonstra-tion against the line near the Chattahoochee; but, being met by a heavy fire, werecompelled to draw off. During the next few days, with a strong array confronting the Confederatefortifications, several columns were also thrown out by Sherman, north and south ofJohnstons position, for a number of miles each way, which resulted in securing thepossession of one or two crossings over the Chattahoochee. Accordingly, after somefighting at several points, Johnston evacuated this position, and crossed the ChattahoocheeRiver, burning the railroad K m p) Q r- - m (/I ^^ I -3 UJ 5? -^ ■ <» iT -t - m S S D. s / •S c1 i- 33 .
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