. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . s^.^J^J^^-- THE BATTERY THAT CONTROLLED THE RIGHT OF WAY Battery Williams, that can just be seen al the left of the picture, controlled the cutting through which theMemphis & Charleston Road ran on its way between Corinth and the Mississippi. It faced the right flankof Fort Robinett, distant about half a mile. During the action of October 4th, when the gallant Texans))ravely assailed Battery Robinett, Battery W^illiams with all its guns was playing steadily upon the Confederateleft flank, and so closely did they follow that brave a
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . s^.^J^J^^-- THE BATTERY THAT CONTROLLED THE RIGHT OF WAY Battery Williams, that can just be seen al the left of the picture, controlled the cutting through which theMemphis & Charleston Road ran on its way between Corinth and the Mississippi. It faced the right flankof Fort Robinett, distant about half a mile. During the action of October 4th, when the gallant Texans))ravely assailed Battery Robinett, Battery W^illiams with all its guns was playing steadily upon the Confederateleft flank, and so closely did they follow that brave and brilliant charge that two shells from the batterylanded inside the Federal earthworks and burst there. Most of the houses seen in the mid-distance arebarracks erected by the Fifty-seventh and Fifty-second Illinois Infantry. It was directly from this gromid,in front of the railway station, that the Confederate advance took place. A short distance to the left ofthe freight-house stood a small cottage. General Rosecrans, as he rode along the Federal line
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