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THE ATLANTA 'CAMPAIGN.
We were returning toward the right when the attack on the extreme
left was made, and immediately turned and accompanied General
McPherson to the scene of action, to renter such service in any
capacity as best we could. By order of General- McPherson endeav-
ored to rally the broken left of the Seventeenth Corps, but with
little success. We were here joined: by Lieutenant Sherfy. We
then accompanied the general through the broken line and into an
ambush, where the general was killed, and we had a very narrow
escape, Lieutenant Sherfy being badly injured by being thrown from
his horse, and Lieutenant Allen badly bruised by coming in contact
with a tree. I afterward directed the placing of a battery to resist
the farther advance of the enemy; then reported to Major-General
Logan who had succeeded to the command of the army, and rendered
such services as I could. The station in chargeof Lieutenants Conard
and Stickney was reopened on the morning of the 23d, and kept
open until night, when the removal of General Blair's headquarters
rendered the line impracticable. At this station, on the 23d, Private
Philip W. Ashton was mortally wounded. He died on the 27th.
The army remained at this point until the night of the 26th, during
which time the officers of the detachment kept a constant watch
upon the enemy. On the night of the 26th the Army of the Ten-
nessee marched to take a position on the extreme right. On the
morning of the 28th, when the army was going into position west of
Atlanta, stations of observation were established, one by Lieutenants
Sherfy and Shellabarger, and one by Lieutenants Conard and Stick-
ney. The latter was between the main and skirmish line; the skir-
mishers were driven in by the advance of the enemy, and the officers
were compelled to abandon it. The station occupied by Lieutenants
Sherfy and Shellabarger was held until 3 p. m., when a heavy -fire
of solid shot, shell, and spherical case was directed against it, and
they were compelled to abandon it, and finally to abandon the hill
on which the station was located. I remained at Lieutenant Sherfy's
station until I was compelled to abandon it, when I reported to Gen-
eral Howard and did duty as aide. Lieutenants Eage, Fish, and
Weirick were on duty in the front, and reported result of observa-
tions to General Logan.
Lieutenant Sherfy reoccupied his station on the following morn-
ing, and communication was opened to a battery in readiness to open,
also to General Howard's headquarters, to which station he com-
municated result of observations. The country in which we oper-
ated during the month was very poorly adapted to cortimunicaion
by signals, and the lines established have been in such places where
ordinarily such communications would not be attempted. The sta-
tions established have been from 60 to 100 feet above the ground.
Lieutenants Magner and Adams were, during the latter part of the
m1onth, on duty with General Garrard's cavalry division. The sta-
tion of observation in rear of the lines of the Sixteenth Corps,
established July 28, commanding a view of the enemy's works, his
roads, railroad, &c., was occupied by officers of the sub-detach-
minent with the Sixteenth Army Corps from morning till night each
day until the 20th of August, when I directed that it should be con-
stantly occupied day and night. The officers having familiarized
themselves with every important postion, it was hoped they would
be enabled to report any important occurrence within the lines of
the enemy at any hour of the night, such as the burning of stores
or buildings, any circumstances which should indicate the enemy's82
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 38, In Five Parts. Part 3, Reports., book, 1891; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154634/m1/99/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.