. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. The Third Bri-gade, Thirteenth Infantry at the head advanced as rapidly aspossible, turned into the trail occupied by the leading battal-ion 71st, pushed past that battalion to the lower ford, crossedit and began an extension to the right under a severe fire,the 9th and 24th Infantry immediately following crossed theford and deployed on the left of the Thirteenth; this move-ment of the Third Brigade occupied from about 10:45 a. shortly after 12 oclock N., all of which time the firefrom the Spanish trenches and from sharpshoo
. History of the Thirteenth Regiment, United States Infantry. The Third Bri-gade, Thirteenth Infantry at the head advanced as rapidly aspossible, turned into the trail occupied by the leading battal-ion 71st, pushed past that battalion to the lower ford, crossedit and began an extension to the right under a severe fire,the 9th and 24th Infantry immediately following crossed theford and deployed on the left of the Thirteenth; this move-ment of the Third Brigade occupied from about 10:45 a. shortly after 12 oclock N., all of which time the firefrom the Spanish trenches and from sharpshooters in treescaused heavy losses; line of battle was formed in the openfield between the river and the San Juan Ridge and at about12:30 p. m. all being in readiness the line rose, and rushedforward with a yell that announced to the entire battle fieldthe charge of the three regiments that constituted what Gen-eral Kent called the Heroic Brigade. The charge waspushed home in the most gallant manner, being joined in by 106 THIRTEENTH UNITED STATES MAP OF BATTLEFIELD 107
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