HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,īy direction of the major-general commanding, please order your pontoon train party, with bridge, to report to Schofield, near the mouth of Soap Creek, as early to-morrow as possible also direct General Howard to send a regiment along the river to connect with General Schofield, the bridge over Rottenwood Creek having been finished.Ħ a. Loss to-day in killed and wounded about 15. Skirmishing and picket-firing along the bank of the river through the day. At same time the general sent back General Thomas' communication, stating that he did not understand it, as said bridge is uninjured, and Roswell Factory, the place for Schofield to cross, is between fifteen and twenty miles from here also the hour of sending his dispatch not mentioned, but he had ordered General Newton to send the regiment, as directed, at daylight to-morrow. to-morrow, to repair the bridge if necessary, and to cross it and make connection with Schofield. m., received instructions from Major-General Thomas to "send a regiment along up the river to connect with General Schofield, the bridge over Rottenwood Creek having been completed." 11.30, instructed General Newton to send a regiment to Rottenwood Creek bridge at 4 a. m., instructed General Wood to keep his right brigade under arms during the artillery fire to-night, for fear the enemy might attempt to cross and get between him and General Baird. These instructions were carried out as directed. then to fire rapidly for about fifteen minutes or half an hour, with sufficient elevation to reach the enemy's batteries, and to have persons posted on the river-bank, in secure places, with instructions to give commands as if giving instructions to a strong column marching to cross the ferry at same time to keep up a heavy fire from our skirmish line on the river-bank. In reality, the skirmish - today known as the Battle of Ruff’s Mill - did little except to prove the force of Confederate troops in the area.The enemy's batteries on the other side until we get the range, and then to cease firing until 8 p. Fuller’s brigade moved from Nickajack Creek along Concord Road, investigating the Confederate works.įollowing “a bitter struggle,” Fuller “seized the first line of works on Hood’s (right) near the present Gann Cemetery,” according to a historical marker located on Concord Road just east of Nickajack Creek. The fighting is today known as the Battle of Smyrna. Lee’s retreat from Gettysburg, William Grose’s brigade attached the center of the Confederate line. On July 4, the one year anniversary of the surrender of Vicksburg and Gen. “We now have the best chance ever offered of a large army fighting at disadvantage with a river at its rear.” “Press with vehemence at any cost of life and material,” Sherman said in a dispatch to Gen. The center of the line is located in the vicinity of the city’s train depot replica. ![]() ![]() “Here the skirmishing became more and more obstinate I called a halt and carefully reconnoitered Confederate main works stronger than usual in a very advantageous position were discovered,” he added.Ĭonfederate troops formed a line running from Rottenwood Creek on the right to Nickajack Creek on the left, running south of what is today Windy Hill Road and along Concord Road. Not far below from Marietta some six miles near the Smyrna camp ground we came upon the Confederate works first their little detached pits sometimes a hole dug deep enough for protection and only large enough for a single man and sometimes large enough for five or six,” Maj. “It was 3 PM when we passed the Dow Station. Sherman’s forces, which had taken control of Marietta by July 3, pushed forward, hoping to disrupt Johnston’s troops before they crossed the Chattahoochee River. The area, located roughly where present day Smyrna Market Village is, was home to a non-denominational religious encampment. ![]() Following their retreat from Kennesaw Mountain, Confederate troops took up positions at what was then known as Smyrna Campground.
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