. Trials and triumphs : the record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry . Division lengthened its stride, and, reaching Gearysposition at 3 p. m., was at once deployed for attack. Woods brigadewas formed upon the left of the corps, with the Fifty-Fifth Ohio andOne Hundred and Thirty-sixth New York in the front line and theSeventy-third Ohio and Twenty-sixth Wisconsin in the second Hne,the Thirty-third Massachusetts being in reserve. As the line ad-vanced through the dense wood, its left flank was first assailed bythe enemy, and the Thirty-third Massachusetts and Seventy-thirdOhio were fa
. Trials and triumphs : the record of the Fifty-Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry . Division lengthened its stride, and, reaching Gearysposition at 3 p. m., was at once deployed for attack. Woods brigadewas formed upon the left of the corps, with the Fifty-Fifth Ohio andOne Hundred and Thirty-sixth New York in the front line and theSeventy-third Ohio and Twenty-sixth Wisconsin in the second Hne,the Thirty-third Massachusetts being in reserve. As the line ad-vanced through the dense wood, its left flank was first assailed bythe enemy, and the Thirty-third Massachusetts and Seventy-thirdOhio were faced to meet this danger, but a deep and swampy ravineafforded protection. The right of the line advanced under a sharpfire of musketry and cannon, and at short range, with no protection,replied. The Fifty-Fifth Ohio was not in direct range of the enemysfire and sustained a loss of but four wounded, but by an oblique fireassisted the right of the line. The action was a severe one. The enemy had prepared somedefences, but the Union forces were not so favored, and their attack. William NegeleCorporal, Company H
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