. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . by the enemys sharpshooters, the first shell enteringthe building and exploding; there was no more firingfrom that direction. We were evidently upon the extremeleft of our line, holding this position without advancingfurther; we could hear firing to our right, and further tothe front. As I remember there was no general engage-ment brought on ihat day, although more or less firing ofinfantry and artillery both was kept up until night. Before night we had been moved back and further tothe right, and upon ground that had been fought overear
. Reminiscences of the war of the rebellion, 1861-1865 . by the enemys sharpshooters, the first shell enteringthe building and exploding; there was no more firingfrom that direction. We were evidently upon the extremeleft of our line, holding this position without advancingfurther; we could hear firing to our right, and further tothe front. As I remember there was no general engage-ment brought on ihat day, although more or less firing ofinfantry and artillery both was kept up until night. Before night we had been moved back and further tothe right, and upon ground that had been fought overearly in the day. Just before night our regiment had been ordered totake a certain position in the woods, and in forming theline at the point indicated I was obliged to pick my wayupon my horse Don between the bodies of the dead andmany that lay buried and half buried. If my horse shouldmake a mis-step—the thought struck me with horror—theanimal seemed to have a conception of the conditions, andhe picked his way carefully as we moved from point to 434. #~>y^ -B)J^aD^
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