. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . d prove our certain defeat inthe end ; if we retreated, disaster staredus in the face ; our ammunition was wellnigh exhausted, and should the enemymake this discovery through a slacken-ing of our fire, total annihilation was allwe could expect. The great questionin my mind was, Where is Sigel ? IfI could still hope for a vigorous attackby him on the enemys right , then we could go forward withsome hope of success. If he ha
. The great Civil War : a history of the late rebellion, with biographical sketches of leading statesmen also distinguished naval and military commanders, etc. . d prove our certain defeat inthe end ; if we retreated, disaster staredus in the face ; our ammunition was wellnigh exhausted, and should the enemymake this discovery through a slacken-ing of our fire, total annihilation was allwe could expect. The great questionin my mind was, Where is Sigel ? IfI could still hope for a vigorous attackby him on the enemys right , then we could go forward withsome hope of success. If he had re-treated, there was nothing left for usalso. In this perplexing condition ofaffairs I summoned the principal officersfor consultation. The great questionwith most of them was, Is retreat pos-sible ? The consultation was broughtto a close by the advance of a heavycolumn of infixntry from the hill whereSigels guns had been heard they were Sigels men, a linewas formed for an advance, with thehope of forming a junction with troops wore a dress much resem-bling that of Sigels brigade, and carriedthe American flag. They were there-. ©Of 4 THE ENEMY FLY. 439 fore permitted to move down the hillwithin easy range of Dubois battery,until they had reached the covered posi-tion at the foot of the ridge on whichwe were posted, and from which we hadbeen fiercely assailed before, when sud-denly a battery was planted on the hillinour front, and began to pour upon usshrapnel and cannister—a species ofshot not before fired by the enemy. Atthis moment the enemy showed his truecolors, and at once commenced alongour entire lines the fiercest and mostblood}^ engagement of the day. Lieu-tenant Dubois battery on our left, gal-lantly supported by Major Osterhausbattalion and the rallied fragments oftlie Missouri First, soon silenced tlieenemys battery on the hill and repulsedthe right wing of his infantry. CaptainTottens battery in the centre, supportedby the lowas and
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