. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . e array. A moment more, and with thatwild rebel yell which, once heard, is never forgotten, the great humanwave swept along, and seemed to ingulf the little force that had so sturdilyawaited it. The first shock came, of course, upon the two misplaced brigades of Wag-ners division, which, through some ones blunder, had remained in theirfalse position until too late to retire without disaster. They had no tools tothrow up works; and when struck by the resistless sweep of Cleburnes a
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . e array. A moment more, and with thatwild rebel yell which, once heard, is never forgotten, the great humanwave swept along, and seemed to ingulf the little force that had so sturdilyawaited it. The first shock came, of course, upon the two misplaced brigades of Wag-ners division, which, through some ones blunder, had remained in theirfalse position until too late to retire without disaster. They had no tools tothrow up works; and when struck by the resistless sweep of Cleburnes andBrowns divisions, they had only to make their way, as best they could, backto the works. In that wild rush, in which friend and foe were intermingled,and the piercing rebel yell rose high above the Yankee cheer, nearlyseven hundred were made prisoners. But, worst of all for the Union side,the men of Beillys and Stricklands brigades dared not fire, lest they shouldshoot down their own comrades, and the guns, loaded with grape and canis-ter, stood silent in the embrasures. With loud shouts of Lets go into the. 4S2 REPELLING HOODS INVASION OF TENNESSEE. works with them, the triumphant Confederates, now more like a wild, howl-ing mob than an organized army, swept on to the very works, with hardly acheek from any quarter. So fierce was the rush that a number of the fleeingsoldiers—officers and men—dropped exhausted into the ditch, and lay therewhile the terrific contest raged over their heads, till, under cover of darkness,they could crawl safely inside the intrenchments. On Stricklands left, close to the Columbia Pike, was posted one of thenew infantry regiments. The tremendous onset, the wild yells, the wholeinfernal din of the strife, were too much for such an undisciplined body. Asthey saw their comrades from the advance line rushing to the rear, theytoo turned and fled. The contagion spread, and in a few minutes a dis-orderly stream was pouring down the pike past the Cart
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