each other round after round. There was yet no winner and no loser. They stood staring at each other’s bloody and swollen faces, both holding their arms as if ready to punch some more, but both too weary to swing with any force. So the battle shifted to the southern end of the line, where the Federals’ task was to cross the creek and move against the thinly held Confederate position on the heights above. Next month we will examine this final phase of the battle from the perspective of Federal officers who led men on the Union left.
Sources and further reading: •
GEORGIA’S CONFEDERATE
Official Records, Ser. I, Vol. XIX, Pt. I, Reports of Col. John Andrews, Col. Francis Barlow,
MONUMENTS In Honor of a Fallen Nation Gould B. Hagler, Jr.
This unique work contains a complete photographic record of Georgia’s memorials to the Confederacy, a full transcription of the words engraved upon them, and carefully-researched information about the monuments and the organizations which built them. These works of art and their eloquent nation’s profound grief, praise the soldiers’ bravery and patriotism, and pay homage to the cause for which they fought.
Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball and Lt. Col. Nelson Miles.
Richard F. Welch, The Boy General: The Life and Careers of Francis Channing Barlow, The Kent State University Press, 2003.
