. From Manassas to Appomattox : memoirs of the Civil War in America . the Potomac. Its mean width is eighty faces of basaltic rock rise in vertical ascent from onehundred to three hundred feet, relieved hither and thitherby wild ivy, creeping through their fissures and from thetojDS of boulders in picturesque drapery. It was in themidst of this bold and beautiful scenery, in this narrowgorge where the Indians had doubtless often contested agesago, that the seasoned soldiers of our civilized armies nowbattled for right of way. Finding his passage over the mountain by the left sideof t
. From Manassas to Appomattox : memoirs of the Civil War in America . the Potomac. Its mean width is eighty faces of basaltic rock rise in vertical ascent from onehundred to three hundred feet, relieved hither and thitherby wild ivy, creeping through their fissures and from thetojDS of boulders in picturesque drapery. It was in themidst of this bold and beautiful scenery, in this narrowgorge where the Indians had doubtless often contested agesago, that the seasoned soldiers of our civilized armies nowbattled for right of way. Finding his passage over the mountain by the left sideof the Gap blocked by the mountain tangle, Jones calledup Toombss brigade, under command of Colonel Benning,and ordered it over the mountain obstacle by the southside. Draytons brigade was held in rear. By the timethe troops were so disposed, Rickettss division was welldeployed along the plateau on the east. Benning put Major Waddell, with the Twentieth Geor-gia, on the mountain-side as skirmishers, and strengthenedit by another under Colonel Holmes, in double time, to. MAKING READY FOR MANASSAS AGAIN. 175 gain the crest on that side. The Twentieth gained thecrest while the Federals were yet about eighty yards belowon their side. The Georgians knew how to maintain theiradvantage, and their fire arrested farther advance of theenemy, when, after a spirited fusillade, reinforcementsjoined them in good season, and extended the line andheld it, driving back the second assaulting force and fol-lowing down the eastern slope. As soon as the fire of the Federal batteries opened,Hood was ordered with his two brigades to cross the moun-tain on the north side of the Gap aAvay by a cattle-trail,and three other brigades were despatched under GeneralWilcox to Hopewell Pass, about three miles north ofThoroughfare Gap. Advancing his men, selected for their long-range rifles,Benning drove off a battery seeking position to play uponthe mountain slope and eastern end of the gorge, andmoved forward und
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