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rebel regiments, struck and almost completely enveloped the right
of the skirmish line and the reserve. The line was driven to the
reserve, and the reserve, by the flank fire and the weight of numbers,
was forced back to the main hue, then formed about fifteen
paces in the rear of the reserve. At this moment Lient. Col. C. W.
Chancy, the commanding officer of this regiment from the 1st of
May to the 19th of July, was taken prisoner, and with him the
records from which this report for the period mentioned would
otherwise have been made were lost. The ridge was held and the
enemy repulsed. On tL e 20th the regiment intrenched in rear of the
Eighty-sixth and One hundred and twenty-fifth Illinois. On the
22d encamped within two miles of Atlanta, on the right of the Marietta
road. On the 28th the regiment formed the rear guard of a
reconnaissance by the division, in rear of the right flank of the
Army of the Tennessee. 29th, formed part of the second line, advancing
the right flank of the army. At dusk the regiment was
ordered on the skirmish line. On the 30th relieved from skirmish
line by Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and moved with the
brigade division distance to the right. On the 31st moved on a
reconnaissance with the brigade to the right and returned. Moving
with the brigade toward the right on the afternoon of the 4th
and the morning of the 5th, the regiment threw up intrenchments,
under a heavy fire of shells, about 10 a. m. At dusk Companies
E, K, G, and B were detailed for skirmish line, and were relieved
on the following evening. On the 7th the main line was
advanced in full view of the enemy’s works and batteries, the latter
playiug on the troops freely. The position assigned the regiment
at this point exposed it to a direct and enfilading fire from both
musketry and artillery. Heavy traverses were thrown up and just
completed by the night of the 12th, when a change of position was
ordered. It had been impossible to work in daylight, hence the
length of time required to build such works by men fatigued and
harassed, fighting from dawn till eve each day. On the morning
of the 13th the regiment was assigned a fortified position on the
southern branch of Utoy Creek, and remained in it until 2.30 a. m.
of the 19th, Companies A, F, D, and I picketing twenty-four hours
mean time. On the 19th moved some two miles toward Sandtown;
countermarched, and crossing the branch of Utoy, lay in rear of a
portion of the Twenty-third Corps until night, when we returned to
camp. On the 20th marched at daylight with the brigade; reached
the Montgomery railroad, six miles below East Point, about unidday.
The regiment was ordered to support the Twenty-second Indiana
Volmunteers while engaged in destroying the track. At dark
reached the camp on Utoy without the loss of a man. On the 23d
Companies I, C, H, and E ordered on picket, and relieved on the 24th.
On the 27th, at daylight, moved out of our works, crossed Utoj~~
and at noon took up position facing north-northeast. On the 28t
moving with the brigade, crossed the Montgomery railroad, and
encamped. On the 30th moved to the right front, near Rough and
Ready, and fortified. On the 31st, in the afternoon, moved to the
front a short distance; faced about and moved to the right, in the
direction of heavy firing; encamped near the left of the Army of
the Tennessee.
Ca&~. L.1 REPORTS, ETC.—ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND. 731
September 1, moved with the brigade toward Jonesborough, passing
through the works of the Seventeenth Corps, and halting. The
regiment was ordered to skirmish over a hill in front. The position
was occupied by the skirmish Companies A, ~ and D, with but little
resistance. The remaining seven companies occupied the front hue
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