Refuge From Deadly Fire

Small contingents of the 35th and 39th Mississippi took refuge in the deep gully to the right, where they could neither advance up the slope nor retreat for fear of being shot in the back. They remained there until the battle ended and then surrendered, about 80 men in all, including Colonel R.J. Durr, commander of the 39th Mississippi Infantry Regiment. Private John D. Jones of the 39th Mississippi Infantry fought at the Battle of Allatoona Pass and later died at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, on November 30, 1864, a battle remembered as one of the few night battles of the Civil War.

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