. . atwas quite terrifying. Itwas shortly before noon ofthis day that First Lieuten-ant Oliver H. P. Ayres re-ceived a fatal shot. Thecircumstances of his deathhave been narrated in aprevious chapter. Ik-walked some two hundredyards to the right and front,in order to get a betterview of the enem\tion. When struck, in thethigh, he fell to the groundand called for assistai; eral members of thebattery, hearing his cries,went to him, and bore himback to the field hospital. During the night of the6th there was a dense the distance
. . atwas quite terrifying. Itwas shortly before noon ofthis day that First Lieuten-ant Oliver H. P. Ayres re-ceived a fatal shot. Thecircumstances of his deathhave been narrated in aprevious chapter. Ik-walked some two hundredyards to the right and front,in order to get a betterview of the enem\tion. When struck, in thethigh, he fell to the groundand called for assistai; eral members of thebattery, hearing his cries,went to him, and bore himback to the field hospital. During the night of the6th there was a dense the distance of only afew yards, nothing whatever could be seen. To guard againstthe possibility of a surprise, the gunners stood at their pieces allnight, and nearly the entire battery was on duty. Nothingcurred to disturb the quiet in the immediate front, but there wassome heavy firing at other points on the line. At eight oclock inthe morning, the fog having lifted, the guns of the Sixth openedand continued firing for thirty minutes. The enemy replied onlywith WA ELDNBR. iiwny I), SIXTY-FIFTH, in [July, There were sail hearts in the on the 8th, when it was learned that Lieutenant Ay res was dead. The body was sent toChattanooga in charge of Private Henry A. Parker. LieutenantAyiLh was a true soldier, a brave and efficient officer, and a cul-tured gentleman. He was greatly endeared to the members ofthe battery and his death was deeply lamented. On the 10th the battery was ordered to inarch. It movedseven miles to the left and at sundown parked for the night. Itremained in camp the next day, but on the 12th crossed theChattahoochee 1)) a pontoon bridge, after waiting some hoursthe passage of the infantry. It halted for the night about threemiles from the river. Lieutenant James has a memorandumwhich runs like this: Lieutenant Baldwin was ashamed of myhat, which had thirteen holes in it. They were not bullet holes,but resulted from the wear and tear of the service. Baldwinthought
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