W. H. D. Rouse
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which ran west of the federal position toward the chattahoochee after a long and muddy march schofield's men reached nose's creek at dark on june nineteenth on the following day they crossed the swollen stream and drove the southerners away
the bridge was rebuilt on the twenty first their advance was resumed that same day the right of thomas's army established contact with schofield near powder springs road johnston had seen the federal right being extended and was aware of the dangers it presented to his line of communications
to meet this threat the confederate commander shifted hood's corps from the right of his line to the left during the night of june twenty one twenty two by early afternoon of the twenty second hood's men were in position on hardee's left early on the twenty second the right of the northern line resumed its advance the twentieth corps of thomas's army moved east on powder springs road supported by some of schofield's troops
by mid-afternoon they reached the vicinity of valentine kolb's farm the rest of schofield's army continued down sandton road to the cheyney farm where it occupied a position overlooking allish creek in the early part of the afternoon the federals captured several southerners from whom they learned that hood had moved to the confederate left from this they concluded that an attack upon the federal line was imminent
Quickly, the northern commanders closed up their units and began to construct protecting works, using fence rails or whatever material was at hand.
Skirmishers were thrown out, and they soon encountered an advancing line of southerners.
Just what brought about this attack is not clear.
Perhaps the activities of the northern skirmishers led the Confederates to think that the Federals were attacking.
hood may have believed that when the skirmishers fell back he had defeated an assault on his new position and decided to pursue the beaten enemy at any rate the southern advance precipitated a battle at the colb farmhouse in which several confederate attacks were hurled back by the federals hood lost about a thousand men northern casualties were about three hundred
After the battle, Hood fell back to his original position, extending the southern line southward to Ollie's Creek.
For several days, there was relative calm along the lines which now ran from the railroad north of Marietta to Ollie's Creek southwest of the town.
Meanwhile, the rains ceased and the June sun began to dry the land.
Several days after the battle at Kolb's Farm, Sherman decided on a change in tactics.
he would make a direct assault on johnston's lines it was a bold decision that offered the possibility of a great victory the southern line was thinly held and a successful attack could lead to the isolation and destruction of a large part of johnston's army
the federal commander decided to strike the confederates at three points mcpherson would assault the southern end of kenesaw mountain thomas would move against a salient
as the dead angle on what is now called chettam's hill several miles to the south
and Schofield would push south on Sandon Road and attempt to cross All East Creek.
June 27 was set as the date for the assault, but Schofield was to begin demonstrations on the 26th to draw Southerners away from other portions of the line.
Early on the 27th, the Federals began to probe at various points along the Confederate trenches to distract the defenders.
at eight a m the northern artillery opened a brief but heavy fire to prepare the way for the assault a few minutes later the federal infantry moved forward mcpherson's troops advancing on both sides of burnt hickory road swept over the southern outposts and moved rapidly across the broken ground toward the main confederate trenches
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