. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . y battle of the day. Its young but laureledcommander rode at the head of his lines, and holding aloft his glit-tering sword called his men to follow. They went into the deadlystrife with a wild cheer that prophesied the event to come. Solid,straight, and strong, its two lines moved onward, out of the woodsand into the field of action. T
. Lloyd's battle history of the great rebellion : complete, from the capture of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861, to the capture of Jefferson Davis, May 10, 1865, embracing General Howard's tribute to the volunteer ... and a general review of the war for the union . y battle of the day. Its young but laureledcommander rode at the head of his lines, and holding aloft his glit-tering sword called his men to follow. They went into the deadlystrife with a wild cheer that prophesied the event to come. Solid,straight, and strong, its two lines moved onward, out of the woodsand into the field of action. The rebel advance was an advanceno longer. The rout was turned. Back over the fences, into theravines, and still beyond, through the woods, and yet farther, theirbroken lines were mercilessly driven. The conflict now ceased for a time, and the main lines of theUnion army were again re-formed preparatory to a second nineteenth corps was held in reserve, the sixth corps and theArmy of Western Virginia, which were posted on the left, wereordered to advance simultaneously and drive the foe from theirposition. During all this time the cavalry had not been inactive. GeneralsMerritt and Averill, who had both been pushing the rebel cavalry 7I i 1. ^ 7. Opequan Creek., Va. from the Opeqoan, had effected a junction on the Winchester andMartinsburg pike, and were driving them in rapid and successivecharges down toward the scene of the main battle; Fitz Hugh Leescavalry had been overcome early in the afternoon. The rest ofthe enemys cavalry made so little opposition, that for eight milesthe Unionists drove them like sheep. At two , the second infantry advance was ordered. A rapidcannonade preceded the movement, to which the rebels respondedwith their accustomed vigor. They met the attack with a frontso stubborn, and for a moment so unyielding, few would have ven-tured a wager upon their retreat. But their solid lines were soonshaken by the destructive volleys of the Union sol
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