. The twentieth regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry, 1861-1865 . ome Confederates on ourside of the river who were manning some works whichdefended the bridge, but two brigades from Birneysdivision, commanded by Colonels Thomas W. Eganand Byron R. Pierce, charged across the fields fromopposite directions and quickly gained the rifle-pitsand bridge, driving the enemy pell-mell across theriver. The next morning Birney crossed and occu-pied some abandoned works around the Fox house,and two pontoon bridges were thrown over for theuse of Barlow and Gibbon, who took up positionsin prolongat
. The twentieth regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry, 1861-1865 . ome Confederates on ourside of the river who were manning some works whichdefended the bridge, but two brigades from Birneysdivision, commanded by Colonels Thomas W. Eganand Byron R. Pierce, charged across the fields fromopposite directions and quickly gained the rifle-pitsand bridge, driving the enemy pell-mell across theriver. The next morning Birney crossed and occu-pied some abandoned works around the Fox house,and two pontoon bridges were thrown over for theuse of Barlow and Gibbon, who took up positionsin prolongation of Birneys line. General Warren reached the North Anna aboutthe same time as Hancock, and crossed at JerichoMills three miles up the stream, to be attacked thesame afternoon with much vigor by Hill. At firstCutlers division was broken and thrown into dis-order, but, after a severe conflict, the enemy wasrepulsed and the position made secure. Duringthe twenty-fourth, both Hancock and Warren ad-vanced and established their forces close to the Pr a da r t cfc s b J{,ahid,an,to Petersbu-rj SPOTTSLYVANIA TO THE JAMES 387 Confederate line. Burnside was at Oxford on theother bank, and Wright was ordered to the right tocooperate with Warren. Toward evening of thisday, the left of the Second Corps, held by Smythesbrigade, was vigorously assailed, but with the assist-ance of some reenforcements which most oppor-tunely arrived the assailants were driven off. The whole of the twenty-fifth was spent in re-connoitring the Confederate line with the resultthat it was thought inadvisable to attack it. Theground was naturally strong and the industriousSouthern soldiers had constructed intrenchmentsthat were even stronger than those of Hancockalready mentioned, which had been so much ad-mired. Owing to a sharp bend in the river thewings of the army were divided, and there was nocommunication between the two except by passingover two bridges by a long detour. The conclusion having been r
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