time, was nine
wounded and one killed; the company loss was as follows:

Company I, one killed.

WOUNDED.

Company A 1
Company I 1
Company E 1
Company F 1
Company D 2
Company K 1
Company B 2
--
Total 9

On the 24th of June, General Sherman ordered that two assaults should
be made on the 27th, one by General McPherson's troops near Little
Kenesaw, and another by General Thomas', about one mile further south.
This came wholly unexpected to his troops, all believing that he would
put "the flanking machine" in force whenever he made a demonstration on
the enemy's position, but Sherman resolved to execute any plan that
promised success. These two assaults were made at the time and manner
prescribed in the order, and both failed.

General Thomas chose the 2nd division of the 14th Corps to aid in the
work along his line, and early on the morning of the 27th it was massed
preparatory to a charge. The 3rd brigade, Colonel Dan. McCook
commanding, was on the left of the division; the 2nd brigade, Colonel
Mitchell commanding, was on the right, and the 1st brigade, General
Morgan commanding, was held in the rear as reserves. The signal for the
charge was given at 8 A.M., by the simultaneous discharge of a battery
of guns; the lines advancing slow and steady, passing over our line of
works, descending a hill over a small stream, then crossing an open
field, ascended the acclivity on which the enemy's works were built,
when a desperate rush was made upon them with all the fortitude and
heroism of men under a most galling fire of cannon and musketry.

The brigade on our right failing to come up, we had to receive the
cross-fire of the enemy. It was too withering, the men falling before
it as the grass before the scythe. When the works were reached by those
who did not fall in the attack, they were too weak and too few in
number to effect a breach in them, the men lying down in front of the
works and up against them, until the order to fall back was given. When
the order of retreat was given, it was hard to obey, being attended
with a greater slaughter than the assault, the enemy having the chance
of taking cool and deliberate aim. Thus our broken lines fell back,
again taking position only thirty yards from the enemy, and in the most
difficult manner threw up a line of works, at the