. History of the One hundred and fiftieth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, Second regiment, Bucktail brigade, . troops of Birncy. who commanded the right wing of Han-cocks force, extended across the Orange plank road at theoutset, but they were gradually crowded to the left as the move-ment progressed, and a portion of Wadsworths command,including the 150th. presently found itself on the left of theroad, and so continued during the morning. Hill was pressedback rapidly a mile or more, but not without severe fighting,in which the Union arms received many momentary confu
. History of the One hundred and fiftieth regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers, Second regiment, Bucktail brigade, . troops of Birncy. who commanded the right wing of Han-cocks force, extended across the Orange plank road at theoutset, but they were gradually crowded to the left as the move-ment progressed, and a portion of Wadsworths command,including the 150th. presently found itself on the left of theroad, and so continued during the morning. Hill was pressedback rapidly a mile or more, but not without severe fighting,in which the Union arms received many momentary confusion prevailed in both Hancocks and Wadsworthsranks, owing to the nature of the field, and regiments andbrigades became more or less intermingled; but the menresponded with alacrity to every order to stand or advance,and up to about seven oclock no rearward step was the farthest point reached by the 150th, Sergeant Ramsey,of Company F, received a severe wound, which resulted in theloss of a leg, and for a time he lay between the contending the hour named, Longstreets troops had begun to. General U. S. (^RAXT. PENNSYZVANIA VOLUNTEERS 211 arrive, and the presence of Fields and Kershaws divisions wasspeedily felt. As stated by General Humphreys, Meades chiefof staff, It was when Hancocks troops were partially checkedby the fresh troops of Longstreets corps that the necessity ofreadjusting- his formation became imperative. Regimentswere separated from their brigades and mixed with others,and the line of battle was very irregular, and commanders werein this way losing the control of their troops. Such readjustment was effected as circumstances would per-mit, the left of Birneys line, which had outstripped the centre,being drawn back some distance; but little headway was madeafter Longstreets troops and Andersons division of Hillscorps became factors in the engagement. In the varying for-tunes of the morning, the 150th clung to the plank road andits immediate vi
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