Thanks for the information Alan, below is an excerpt from the Journal of Capt William Wallace McMillan, Co H 17th Ala Inf 'Scotland Invincibles'. This excerpt deals with the battle of the 'Poor House' His 'recollections' were written in 1867.............

"We were then occupying Atlanta, to which place they had fallen back during my absence. We marched by the left flank until we reached Lie??? Road, where the entrenchments crossed it, and passed out through the entrenchments. We now thought we were going to make a reconnaissance, but soon the order to 'double quick' was given, and a few minutes afterwards I heard brisk firing from small arms. We marched and counter-marched very rapidly and now it seemed that the Gen. was satisfied with our position. The heat was almost intolerable, the firing in our front was now very heavy. We were ordered to lie down as the bullets were very thick, but as the line was in an open old field with nothing to shield us from the sun, we suffered intensely from the heat, especially as we were fatigued by our previous marching. I felt the heat more seriously as I had just returned from the hospital and was suffering from weakness from my recent illness. Maj. Burnett commanded, Capt. Ragland acted as Lt. Col, and I as Major. The Brigade, Deas I think, which was in our front was repulsed and our brigade commanded by Col EA ONeal was now ordered forward. Our line charged them but found them strongly posted behind piles of rails, and in a good position. We were also repulsed but falling back about a hundred yards continued to fight until our brigade was almost decimated. Capt. Ragland, Lt. W H McMillan Co. H acting Adj. and Lt. Harrison were killed. Major Burnett was seriously injured in the shoulder. Capt. OBrien lost a leg. I was painfully wounded in the hand. Corporal JM Davison and privates NJ Robinson and D. Faulkenberry of my Co. were killed, and many others wounded. This was the battle of "The Poor House". It was a shocking affair and I think our Generals were ashamed of it, as I noticed very little was said in relation to the affair.
After dark we fell back behind our works and kept up picket fighting until Sherman flanked us on the left and we retreated,.................