. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . WHERE TOLD Here, in the <ilil sunken road connecting the Hagerstown andthe Kce<lysville Turnpikes, lies the mute testimony of tliestubbornness with which the Confederates stood their groundin the most heroic resistance of the day. North of tliis sunkenroad was the original position of the Confederate centerunder General D. H. Hill when tlie battle opencil at dawn. Asthe fighting reached flood-tide. Hill sent forward the brigadesof Colquitt. Ripley, and MeRae to the assistance of .lacksonat the left. The men (says Hi
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . WHERE TOLD Here, in the <ilil sunken road connecting the Hagerstown andthe Kce<lysville Turnpikes, lies the mute testimony of tliestubbornness with which the Confederates stood their groundin the most heroic resistance of the day. North of tliis sunkenroad was the original position of the Confederate centerunder General D. H. Hill when tlie battle opencil at dawn. Asthe fighting reached flood-tide. Hill sent forward the brigadesof Colquitt. Ripley, and MeRae to the assistance of .lacksonat the left. The men (says Hill)advanced with alacrity, seeurinla good position, and were fightingbravely when Captain Thomp-son, Fifth North Carolina, criedout; Theyre flanking us! Thiscry spread like an electric shockalong the ranks, bringing upvivid recollections of the flankfire at South Mountain. In amoment they broke and fell tothe rear. Rallied again at thesunken road, the forces of Hillnow met the combined attackof the divisions of French andRichardson of Sumners Corps, w. freshly come on Ihe (iiM, It was resistance to the dcatli;rei^nforced by the division of Anderson, Hills men, in theface of the deadly fire pcnued upon them ill the svuikenroad, bravely assumed the offensive in a determined ctTortto flank the Federal forces to both left and right. Seizinga vantage-point on higher ground to the left, the Federalsdrove them back; while on the right Barlow, changing frontwith liis two regiments, po\ired in a rajiid fire, capturingthree hundred ]>risoners and twostandards. Then came the directassault; .swept by the enfilad-ing fire from both sides, theremnant of the brave men inthe sunken road was driven back,leaving the bloody lane be-hind them. It was not an easyvictor\- for the Federals. The de-termined fire of the Confederateshad brought down a heavy harvest,among which was numberedGeneral Richardson, mortallywounded, who had handled hisdivision in this sanguinarj- contestwith his usual valor
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