. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . ce, leaped his horse over the enemys v/orks, and as thedying steed lay struggling on the parapet, its rider coollyijtaiKling in liis stirrups emptied his revolver in the veryfaces of tlie awestrucl: foe. On the right our re-maining division under Martindale was cooperating, as didNeil on the left, and so manoeuvering as to secure safety forour flank and rear. The brunt of the fighting, however, wasborne by Ricketts, Russell and Devens, and while the natureof the ground prevented
. The story of the Twenty-first Regiment, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. 1861-1865 . ce, leaped his horse over the enemys v/orks, and as thedying steed lay struggling on the parapet, its rider coollyijtaiKling in liis stirrups emptied his revolver in the veryfaces of tlie awestrucl: foe. On the right our re-maining division under Martindale was cooperating, as didNeil on the left, and so manoeuvering as to secure safety forour flank and rear. The brunt of the fighting, however, wasborne by Ricketts, Russell and Devens, and while the natureof the ground prevented any but the former from cutting outentire sections from the rebel lines, yet the enemy was every-where pushed back for more than a half mile, and this lostground he strove in vain to recover. From dark until pastten oclock did Beauregard persist in his efforts to retake hisvantage, but he was everywhere unsuccessful. It was nearlyHiidnight before the iiruig ceast.(,l :\w\ the weary truops laydown ui)on arms. Our casualties had been severeduring this brief engagement, the Eighteenth Corps losing. /■ -.^1 \ \ \ \ The Battle of Cold IIarbor. 235 alone over two thousand in killed and wounded, while theSixth Corps lost twelve hundred more. All night long theambulances were gathering up their bleeding freight andmoving toward the hospital field, that sickening tent of mercyat the rear. Perchance at some narrrow stretch of road, theywere halted and turned aside by stern command, for even thewounded must make way for the ammunition wagons tobring cartridges up to the front. Thus far we have sketched the preliminaries of ColdHarbor. The great struggle and the more horrid slaughteris yet to come. Wliere is our Commander-in-chief mean-Vvhile and v/hat are his intentions? Grant has reached adecisive stage in the struggle for Richmond. We havealready seen hov/ his efforts to reduce Lees army to itsminimum have been frustrated. By the failures of Butlerand Siegel, and we may add by
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