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
