It has been quite warm today with rain this evening. Things
were quiet all along the line until in the afternoon, when there was heavy
fighting in the center, and all our artillery opened upon the rebels, without
response from their guns. The heaviest cannonading that we have had yet was
from our center, and it lasted for two hours. The rebels have fallen back, but
still hold Kenesaw mountain and have their heavy batteries planted on the very
top, while our men are along the north side of the mountain, slowly ascending
it. Our regiment moved to the front again this evening and two companies, I and
H, are out on picket.
Source: Alexander G. Downing, Edited by Olynthus B.,
Clark, Downing’s Civil War Diary, p. 199
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