. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . but iced in a delf pitcher, with glasses, wasliterally handed round. Pickets and skirmishers hadkept us informed of the opposing formations and ofbatteries going into position. The sharp-shootersbulletsbegan to thicken. Action might begin at any moment,and between 2 and 3 oclock it did begin. Out of thewoods, puffs of smoke from guns and nearer lightwreaths from their shells lent new colors to the green ofwoods and fields and the deep blue sin
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . but iced in a delf pitcher, with glasses, wasliterally handed round. Pickets and skirmishers hadkept us informed of the opposing formations and ofbatteries going into position. The sharp-shootersbulletsbegan to thicken. Action might begin at any moment,and between 2 and 3 oclock it did begin. Out of thewoods, puffs of smoke from guns and nearer lightwreaths from their shells lent new colors to the green ofwoods and fields and the deep blue sin-. The musketrycracked before it loudened into a roar, and whizzing bul-lets mingled with ragged exploding shells. The woodsswarmed with butternut coats and gray. Tins, colorswere worn by a lively race of men and they stepped for-ward briskly, tiring as they moved. The regimentalformations were plainly visible, with the colors was the onset of battle with the good order of a re-view. In this first heavy skirmish —the prelude of themain action — Magrudcrs right made a determined at- down with shrapnel, grape, and canister; while our. REll Of THE OIMEDE11ATES ON THE SLOPE OF CREWS UILL [SEE P. 116], tack by way of tie- meadow to pierce Grifflns line toturn Amess Battery and to break the solid advantagesof position field 1>\ the Union forces. The brunt of the. blow fell upon Colonel Meiniades11th New York. This was a gallant regiment which hadsuffered much in the rough work at Gainess Mill. TheConfederate charge was sudden and heavy. The NewYorkers began to give ground, and it looked for a mo-ment as if the disasters of (Jamess Mill might berepeated. But only for a moment. The men stiffened upto the color line, charged forward with a cheer, anddrove back the enemy. Weedens Rhode Island Batterjof three-inch rifled ordnance guns had lost throe picesat t ialnesa Mill. The remaining guns, under commandof Lieutenant Waterman,were stationed south and westof Crews,
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