. The history of Fuller's Ohio brigade, 1861-1865; its great march, with roster, portraits, battle maps and biographies . 156 Fullers nn> Brigade. the men was constant and terrible. The Twenty-seventh and Thirty-ninthOhio were relieved by the Forty-third and Sixty-third Ohio. On July 2nd, the Twenty-seventh and Thirty-ninth Ohio again ad-vanced up the side- of the mountain. The enemys batteries were silencedand on July 3rd, the Confederate Army evacuated its position and Fuller reported officially that the flag of the Twenty-seventh ( IhioRegiment was fir-t to wave from the top
. The history of Fuller's Ohio brigade, 1861-1865; its great march, with roster, portraits, battle maps and biographies . 156 Fullers nn> Brigade. the men was constant and terrible. The Twenty-seventh and Thirty-ninthOhio were relieved by the Forty-third and Sixty-third Ohio. On July 2nd, the Twenty-seventh and Thirty-ninth Ohio again ad-vanced up the side- of the mountain. The enemys batteries were silencedand on July 3rd, the Confederate Army evacuated its position and Fuller reported officially that the flag of the Twenty-seventh ( IhioRegiment was fir-t to wave from the top of the jffW^fl feSJY * ->, ■■ XL ^i/Ji :i 7,f/ BATTLE OF KENESAW MOUNTAIN. Onus going up the Mountain. Wading the Chattahoochee. 157 From the summit of the mountain was afforded a magnificent view ofthe surrounding country, beautiful indeed on that bright Jul} day. To thesouthward were Lost Mountain, Pine Mountain, and Stone Mountain withthe valley between, and the Chattahootchee River, twelve miles away,winding in its course westward. Atlanta, the objective point of the cam-paign, was seen on the plain, in the distance to the southward. The soldierswere filled with joy and zeal and marched on with songs of victory. Thesignals waved by the Confederates at the top of Kenesaw Mountain, weretranslated and used by the Union Signal Corps during their occupation ofthat stronghold. From these signals we learned of the death of the Con-federate General Polk. On July 4th, the army moved forward, the Fourth Division marchingtoward Ruffs Mills on Nick-o-Jack Creek. The right of ou
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