. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . heavy ar-tillery ; but ho was everytime repulsed. At lengthho mado a bold effort tocross tho stream, but inthis ho failed likewise, forthe brisk tiro directed uponhim, notably by Smithsinfantry and the Federalbatteries, almost totallyprevented tho crossing, aswell as any perm anon tlanding on the oppositeside. While
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . heavy ar-tillery ; but ho was everytime repulsed. At lengthho mado a bold effort tocross tho stream, but inthis ho failed likewise, forthe brisk tiro directed uponhim, notably by Smithsinfantry and the Federalbatteries, almost totallyprevented tho crossing, aswell as any perm anon tlanding on the oppositeside. While this was goingon, Longstreot and A. had come upon aFederal force posted sometwo miles away, at a placevariously called Froziers,I -1 Gtcndales or NelsonsFarm. Here stood Sumneraud Hooker on tho cx-1 trcme right, McCall some-what in advance towardtho centre, and Kearneyon the extreme left. WhenH , Longstreot (who was ac-companied by PresidentDavis and General Leo)fonnd this force arrayed% aguinst him, he waited for reinforcements to comoup, and it was close uponfour oclock when he com-menced the attack. McCalls left was firstassailed by Kempers bri-gade, which was met bythe Pennsylvania Reservesunder Colonel S. G. Sim-mons, who, after a hitterconflict, drove the Con-. WTLL1A1I B FRANKLIN. federates into the woods, with a loss of some 2G0killed and wounded, and about 2<J0 troops then enabled the Confederates todrive back the Federals, who iu turn lost heavily,and could not effect a stand until mot by HookoHsdivision. Longstvaet and Hill now pressed on, and tho con-flict became a severe ono along tho entire i^ point, tbon another, was vuinly tried in thodetermined effort to break tho Federal line. A\length Wile-OSs Alabama brigndo rushed acrosj anopen field upon MoCalls loft, directly againstRandalls battery, which centred upon tho Confede-rates a most galling firo. Nothing daunted, thoymoved on, and, finally engaging in a desperatehand-to-hand f
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