These redoubts had been located by Colonel Poe, United States Engineers, at the time of our advance on Kenesaw, the previous June.

Each redoubt overlooked the storehouses close by the railroad, and each could aid the other defensively by catching in flank the attacking force of the other.

Our troops at first endeavored to hold some ground outside the redoubts, but were soon driven inside, when the enemy made repeated assaults, but were always driven back.

About 11 a.m., Colonel Redfield, of the Thirty-ninth Iowa, was killed, and Colonel Rowett was wounded, but never ceased to fight and encourage his men.

Colonel Tourtellotte was shot through the hips, but continued to command.