. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ^wm.^^ V -^^^^ Mj-K V - S^t^ iS i /. CHECKING THE COMEDER\TE AD\ AN t N T}IE L\ LMN (H THE FUST DAI Above tMs ravine, near tlie landing, the Federal reserve artillery was posted, and it was ou this line tlie Confederate advance was checked, about sunset, Sunday evening. The Confederates then fell hacli and hivouacked in the Federal camps. possibly a little north. MeCleniand came next in the general line, lookingmore to the west. His division was comi^lete in its organization and r
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . ^wm.^^ V -^^^^ Mj-K V - S^t^ iS i /. CHECKING THE COMEDER\TE AD\ AN t N T}IE L\ LMN (H THE FUST DAI Above tMs ravine, near tlie landing, the Federal reserve artillery was posted, and it was ou this line tlie Confederate advance was checked, about sunset, Sunday evening. The Confederates then fell hacli and hivouacked in the Federal camps. possibly a little north. MeCleniand came next in the general line, lookingmore to the west. His division was comi^lete in its organization and readyfor any duty. Sherman came next, his right extending to Snake Creek. Hiscommand, like the other two, was complete in its organization and ready, likeits chief, for any service it might be called upon to render. All three divisionswere, as a matter of course, more or less shattered and depleted in numbersfrom the terrible battle of the day. The division of W. H. L. Wallace, as muchfrom the disorder arising from changes of di\dsion and brigade commanders,tmder heavy fii-e, as from any other cause, had lost its organization, and didnot occupy a
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