. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . Both in the West and East Wood and on theground south of the East Wood the Confederateswere protected by outeroppings of rocks, whichserved as natural breastworks.—Editors. \ Stuart says he had batteries from all partsof Jacksons command, and mentions Poagues,Pegrams, and Carringtons, besides Pelhams whichwas attached to the cavalry. He also says he wassupported part of the time by Earlys brigade ;afterward by one regiment of it, the 13th Vir-
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . Both in the West and East Wood and on theground south of the East Wood the Confederateswere protected by outeroppings of rocks, whichserved as natural breastworks.—Editors. \ Stuart says he had batteries from all partsof Jacksons command, and mentions Poagues,Pegrams, and Carringtons, besides Pelhams whichwas attached to the cavalry. He also says he wassupported part of the time by Earlys brigade ;afterward by one regiment of it, the 13th Vir-ginia.— Editors. •fe General Mansfield was mortally wounded earlyin the action. In the History of the 1st, loth,29th Maine Regiments, Major John M. Gould,who was Adjutant of the 10th Maine regiment, atAntietam, in Crawfords First Brigade, of A. First Division, of Mansfields TwelfthCorps, gives the following circumstantial accountof this event: • The Confederate force in our front showed no appeared to be somewhat detached from and in ad-vance of the main rebel line, and were about where the THE BATTLE OF which drove the enemy from the East Wood should move upon the command-ing ground around the church. This error of direction was repeated withdisastrous effect a little later, when Summer came on the ground with Sedg-wicks corps. When Mansfields corps came on the field, Meade, who succeeded Hooker, Jwithdrew the First Corps to the ridge north of Poffenbergers, where it hadbivouacked the night before. It had suffered severely, having lost 2470 inkilled and wounded, but it was still further depleted by straggling, so that left of General DnryiVs brigade might hi supposed tohave retreated. To General Mansfield we appeared to betiiiiiir into Duryeas troops; therefore he beckoned to usto cease tiring, and as this was the very last thing we pro-posed to do, the few who saw him did not understandwhat his motions meant, and so no attention was
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