. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. and the Washington Artillerygallantly repulsed two as- saults. After the secondone, a flag of truce wassent from the town askingleave to provide for thewounded. Immediatelyafter the return of the flagof truce, three heavy col-umns made the ^ were repulsed on theright and left, but the smallforce in the sunken roadat the base of Maryes Hillwas outnumbered, over-powered and eight pieces of artil-lery on Maryes and theadjacent hills were cap-tured also. This successof the enemy enabled himto come on our rea
. Gen. Robert Edward Lee; soldier, citizen, and Christian patriot. and the Washington Artillerygallantly repulsed two as- saults. After the secondone, a flag of truce wassent from the town askingleave to provide for thewounded. Immediatelyafter the return of the flagof truce, three heavy col-umns made the ^ were repulsed on theright and left, but the smallforce in the sunken roadat the base of Maryes Hillwas outnumbered, over-powered and eight pieces of artil-lery on Maryes and theadjacent hills were cap-tured also. This successof the enemy enabled himto come on our rear atChancellorsville or tothreaten our lines of com- Poto by Cook. munication. He first at-tempted the latter, but met with a determined resistance on thetelegraph road, from Hays and Barksdales brigades, which hadfallen back on that road and been reinforced by three regiments ofGordons brigade. He then moved up the plank road to threatenthe rear of Lees army, but was held in check by Wilcoxs brigadeand one of Garnetts batteries at Salem Church about five miles. GENERAI< A. P. HILI<. 254 GENERAL ROBERT EDWARD LEE, from Fredericksburg. It was this state of things that now causedGeneral Lee to turn his attention from Hooker in his front to Sedg-wick in his rear. Fortunately the former was already whipped, andonly a few preparations were necessary to accomplish the same endwith the latter. General McLaws, with his three brigades, and oneof Andersons, was ordered to reinforce Wilcox at Salem his arrival there he found Wilcox confronted by the whole ofSedgwicks corps with a part of another. Two brigades were placedon Wilcoxs right and two on his left. Sedgwicks artillery kept up a vigorous fire upon our line forsome time, when, finally, his infantry in these lines came forward tothe attack. This was directed mainly against the line of GeneralWilcox, where, with the Huger battery of his battalion, the writerwas serving near the Salem Church. This assault, which occurr
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