. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . he terrible storm. I sent out my chief of staff, Colonel As-mussen, who was the first officer to mount,— The firing is in front of Devens, go and seeif all is in order on the extreme right. Heinstantly turned and galloped away. I mountedand set off for a prominent place in rear ofSchurzs line, so as to change front to thenorth-west of every brigade south-east of thepoint of attack, if the attack extended be-yond Devenss right flank; for it was divinedat once that the enemy was now west of could see numbers of our men — not thefew strag
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . he terrible storm. I sent out my chief of staff, Colonel As-mussen, who was the first officer to mount,— The firing is in front of Devens, go and seeif all is in order on the extreme right. Heinstantly turned and galloped away. I mountedand set off for a prominent place in rear ofSchurzs line, so as to change front to thenorth-west of every brigade south-east of thepoint of attack, if the attack extended be-yond Devenss right flank; for it was divinedat once that the enemy was now west of could see numbers of our men — not thefew stragglers that always fly like the chaffat the first breeze, but scores of them —rushing into the open-ing, some with armsand some without,running or falling be-fore they got behindthe cover of Devenssreserves, and beforeGen. Schurzs waitingmasses could deployor charge. The noiseand the smoke filledthe air with excite-ment, and to add toit Dieckmanns gunsand caissons, withbattery men scatter-ed, rolled and tum-bled like runawaywagons and carts in. THE PLANK-KOAD NEAR WHERE JACKSON FELL. - a JACKSOITS ATTACK UPON THE ELEVENTH CORJS.
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