. The North Carolina Presbyterian. mbetter order; evon the stragglers fell into the ranks andmarched off with thflae who had stood more steadily oytheir colors. K second strong position was taken upabout a mile in rear, whore the appioacn of the enemy?was waited for nearly an hour ; but bo effort to fol-low was jmade, and onlv a .vi;all detachment of horse-men couljd b? «een at u distance from this last positionwarily e(>aerving our movuinoata Arr*Bilng,thro:n5i ray st;iff officers, for the comple-tion of ^e luovcraeits thus begtin, Bngadler GeneralBreckioridgs was left with his comm-^nd as
. The North Carolina Presbyterian. mbetter order; evon the stragglers fell into the ranks andmarched off with thflae who had stood more steadily oytheir colors. K second strong position was taken upabout a mile in rear, whore the appioacn of the enemy?was waited for nearly an hour ; but bo effort to fol-low was jmade, and onlv a .vi;all detachment of horse-men couljd b? «een at u distance from this last positionwarily e(>aerving our movuinoata Arr*Bilng,thro:n5i ray st;iff officers, for the comple-tion of ^e luovcraeits thus begtin, Bngadler GeneralBreckioridgs was left with his comm-^nd as a rear guardto hold the s-oa;, he had occupied the nigh>. preoeOmgthe first battle, ju-r in front of the Interseo-ioB ol l&ePittsburg and H unjurg road^, about four «>«• ^ *?former place, whil ti« reit of the army passed torear in excellent ;r. following diy General Breckinridge UW iJft«about three miles to Mickeys, which position we conti^ued tohold, with our cavalry thrown cobsiderably torwara. ROLINA PRESBYTERIAN: tSimmm in immediate proximity to the battle-fieUl d.! night of the 7th iniiani, ..rain heavily ; this continued throughout the Unfortunately, toward.! night of the 7th iniUnt, it be-the roadi br^uatne almost Inpaaaable in many gan to places, and much hardship and sulfaring now ensued before all the regiments reached their encampments, oxx*despite the heavy casualties of the two eventful days otthe 6th and 7th of , thi^ army is more confident orultimate succeaa than befoie the encounter with the eo- *°To Major Generals Polk, Bragg, and Hardee, com-manding corpa, and to B!ij,-Gonerul Breckinridge, com-Banding the reaerve, the country is greatly udebted fortk« »aal intelligenoe, »°d eaergy with which all orderswere exJ«ii*^or the foresight and military abilityJk!.. taUhe absence of luStruotions in the many*^Lif«V. Jnhe bl-lle, on a field se densely wt>oded MidwCtnffStfffearless deportment as they t^p-i-Xm their
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