having made the passage and engaged the enemy in battle beyond the
crest of the hills bordering on this stream, finding them almost an
overmatch. At this juncture, Colonel Fahnestock was ordered to hasten
his regiment to their assistance, for the left of the line was giving
ground. In obedience to orders, the Eighty-sixth crossed the creek on a
foot log, being greatly scattered by the time all were across. The
scattered regiment formed at the foot of the hills on which our
skirmishers were engaging the rebels, and then advanced to their
support. Having taken up position, and thrown up a light line of works,
the rebels in superior force charged on our skirmishers, driving them
back pell-mell on the main line, which, after a desperate struggle,
repulsed them with heavy loss. The enemy in this charge came near
flanking the Eighty-sixth out of its position, the right giving back a
short distance at first, but soon resumed it again. Despite the
disadvantage in numbers, in this spirited engagement, our forces
maintained their own, and when night came, good earthworks were thrown
up in readiness for any emergency.

The loss of the brigade in this battle was almost as great as was
sustained in the charge on Kenesaw; the regiments on the skirmish line
being all cut to pieces, and half their number killed and captured.
Many a lifeless form was left unheralded on the field of battle, and
the evening shades of the ever memorable 19th of July drew her mantle
of darkness over a field of blood.

The loss of the Eighty-sixth, in this battle, was comparatively light,
being ten in all.

The company loss was as follows:

KILLED.

Company D 2
Company B 1
Company H 1
--
Total 4

WOUNDED.

Company B 1
Company D 2
Company C 1
Company F 1
Company I 1
--
Total 6

The next morning after the battle, at daylight, a rebel line of works
could be seen about four hundred yards in our front. There was nothing
in them, however, but a small skirmish force, the main body having
withdrawn. The Eighty-sixth kept up a heavy skirmish fire on these
works, not allowing a Johnny-reb to show his head except he got a
volley of musketry. Four pieces of artillery were brought on the line
and opened on these works, having great effect and cau