On July 4, 1864, early in the morning, Brig. Gen. John Fuller’s brigade of the 4th division, 16th A. C. [US], moved 1 mile east from the Nickajack Creek Bridge on Concord Road to determine the strength of Hood’s A. C. [CS]. Finding it strongly posted, Fuller returned to Ruff’s Mill. Late in the afternoon, Fuller’s men advanced again, supported by Sweeney’s 2nd division, and after a bitter struggle seized the first line of works on Hood’s right near the present Gann Cemetery. This Federal assault on Johnston’s left, along with the one at Smyrna on his right, was incidental to his retreat from Kennesaw to the river. Col. Edward Noyes of the 39th O.V.V.I., later Governor of Ohio from 1872 to 1874, lost a leg in this battle.