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 CHAPTER XVI.

Advance to Pine Knob—Battle at that Place—A Forward Movement.

At 5 o'clock on the morning of June 6th, the army pushed forward after the retreating enemy. When about two miles from Ackworth Station he makes a stand, and we wheel into line, the Twenty-ninth acting as skirmishers while the other troops were engaged in preparing rifle-pits. The Fourteenth corps now came up, forming on our left, and General Howard's Fourth corps on our right. The position remained the same until June 10th, when the Twenty-ninth Ohio is sent forward on a reconnoissance. A large force of rebels are found to be strongly entrenched on Pine mountain. At dark the regiment returned to the main line, where the situation remains unchanged until June 14th, when our entire force move forward. The Twentieth, with the Fourth corps on its left, take position immediately in front of the rebel army, on Pine mountain. At evening the Twenty-ninth was again advanced to the skirmish line, and was engaged, as was our artillery, throughout the greater part of the night. On the following day, June 15th, occurs the battle of Pine Knob, Georgia.

At early dawn our regiment pushed forward as the advance of a general flank movement on Pine mountain, which resulted in its capture without severe fighting. The Twentieth corps was changed from the front to the right. Moving rapidly in that direction it soon reached another strongly entrenched position of the enemy, when the column made a left half wheel, which brought