. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . G. A. Sergt. Co. H. 1^84 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. the fall of Atlanta was won not by strategy or tactics ; not bygeneral directions or officers command, but by the fightingqualities of the private soldiers. In spite of incompetent leadership in the face of dire dis-appointment, consequent upon a failure to capture that which was already within grasp—in spite of the efforts and thelosses, at Mechanicsville, atGaines Mills, at Savages, att
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . G. A. Sergt. Co. H. 1^84 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. the fall of Atlanta was won not by strategy or tactics ; not bygeneral directions or officers command, but by the fightingqualities of the private soldiers. In spite of incompetent leadership in the face of dire dis-appointment, consequent upon a failure to capture that which was already within grasp—in spite of the efforts and thelosses, at Mechanicsville, atGaines Mills, at Savages, atthe Orchards, in the White OakSwamp, at Glendale, and atCharles City Cross Roads, thisgallant army of veteran sol-diers, was in its might, on thefirst day of July, and on theslope of Malvern Hill, inflictedupon a victorious and exultantenemy, upon rebel forces whocharged their position with thefury of demons—a defeat, sobloody and so complete thathad the commanding generalbeen imbued with but an iota of the pluck and spirit of hissoldiery, the memorable but forced change of base would havecarried you along with the army over all opposition into thepossession of the rebel capital. I was then serving
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